Feb 01, 2008

So, in case you’ve been under a rock, Microsoft has put in an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo! for $31 a share, or $44.1 billion.

Score one for Google – they sure have upset the apple cart to prompt such an unprecedented move.  And, at the same time – OUCH for Google.  They’ve finally pissed off the giant.

Check out more information here.

Really, the biggest question in my mind is how will this be branded?

• Microsoft Yahoo!
• Yahoo! by Microsoft
• Microsoft, the Yahoo! people
• Microsoft, the company formally known as Yahoo!
• Yahoo!, the company formally known as Microsoft
• YaMicHrooSoft
• And, my personal favorite, Soft MicroHooYas!

 My biggest fear?  They they will put a yodeling paperclip in all their advertising.   **Shudders-to-the-Bone**