Microsoft bids $44.6B to buy Yahoo (2008)
This story was a saga in 2008. (The related news today, of course, is <i>Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo to Apollo for $5B</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27024118" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27024118</a>).<p><i>Microsoft eyeing Yahoo (buyout) deal!</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19336" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19336</a> - May 2007 (25 comments)<p><i>Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo in $44.6 billion deal</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107770" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107770</a> - Feb 2008 (3 comments)<p><i>Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107771" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107771</a> - Feb 2008 (80 comments)<p><i>WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107772" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107772</a> - Feb 2008 (2 comments)<p><i>Open-source silver lining in Microsoft&#x27;s wedding vow to Yahoo?</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107874" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=107874</a> - Feb 2008 (4 comments)<p><i>Yahoo-Microsoft merger bad news for startups?</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108099" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108099</a> - Feb 2008 (4 comments)<p><i>Source: Yahoo employees say &quot;there is no way in hell that we are going to work for Microsoft.&quot;</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108391" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108391</a> - Feb 2008 (6 comments)<p><i>Non-obvious winners and losers in Microsoft Yahoo Deal</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108531" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108531</a> - Feb 2008 (1 comment)<p><i>Why Microsoft Acquiring Yahoo Could Suck For Everybody</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108769" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108769</a> - Feb 2008 (7 comments)<p><i>Google&#x27;s Chief Legal Officer on Microsoft&#x27;s acquisition of Yahoo</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108824" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108824</a> - Feb 2008 (5 comments)<p><i>Why Yahoo Should Say Yes To Microsoft</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108873" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108873</a> - Feb 2008 (8 comments)<p><i>Google Offers to Help Yahoo Fight Off Microsoft</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108949" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=108949</a> - Feb 2008 (2 comments)<p><i>Google works to torpedo Microsoft bid for Yahoo</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=109346" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=109346</a> - Feb 2008 (4 comments)<p><i>Silicon Valley after a Microsoft&#x2F;Yahoo merger: a contrarian view</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=109612" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=109612</a> - Feb 2008 (12 comments)<p><i>Redeye VC: Microsoft&#x2F;Yahoo - let the exodus begin</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=110366" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=110366</a> - Feb 2008 (8 comments)<p><i>Microsoft Adversary Rises Instinctively at Yahoo Bid</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=110392" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=110392</a> - Feb 2008 (1 comment)<p><i>Microsoft Bid for Yahoo Drops To $29.50 a Share</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=110584" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=110584</a> - Feb 2008 (1 comment)<p><i>My Opinion: Google wants Microsoft to buy Yahoo</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=112444" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=112444</a> - Feb 2008 (3 comments)<p><i>Yahoo Board To Reject Microsoft Offer</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=112749" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=112749</a> - Feb 2008 (44 comments)<p><i>Microsoft is 2000 times less effective than Google; Yahoo Board seems to be insane</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=112841" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=112841</a> - Feb 2008 (17 comments)<p><i>Yahoo protects employees in case of Microsoft takeover</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=120372" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=120372</a> - Feb 2008 (6 comments)<p><i>Yahoo sued for spurning Microsoft</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=122047" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=122047</a> - Feb 2008 (19 comments)<p><i>Microsoft: Yahoo! has 3 weeks to decide</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=155833" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=155833</a> - April 2008 (7 comments)<p><i>Yahoo tells Microsoft to increase $41B bid</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=156836" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=156836</a> - April 2008 (10 comments)<p><i>The Yahoo!&#x2F;Microsoft chess match continues: Yahoo! enters trial partnership with Google</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=159294" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=159294</a> - April 2008 (6 comments)<p><i>Microsoft Said to Be Talking With News Corporation About Joint Yahoo Bid</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=159493" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=159493</a> - April 2008 (3 comments)<p><i>Pmarca: If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=175477" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=175477</a> - April 2008 (27 comments)<p><i>Microsoft Says They’ll Pay More, increasing Yahoo! bid to as much as $33&#x2F;share (from $31&#x2F;share)</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=177816" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=177816</a> - April 2008 (3 comments)<p><i>Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid; Walks Away From Deal</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=180517" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=180517</a> - May 2008 (58 comments)<p><i>Yahoo shares fall 19.7 pct as Microsoft withdraws $44B bid</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=181422" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=181422</a> - May 2008 (5 comments)<p><i>How Yahoo Blew the Microsoft Deal: Part 1</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=181885" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=181885</a> - May 2008 (1 comment)<p><i>Battered Yahoo Admits It Overplayed Hand; Open To New Microsoft Talks</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=182085" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=182085</a> - May 2008 (36 comments)<p><i>Why isn&#x27;t anyone writing about Yahoo&#x27;s amazing stock gains and Microsoft&#x27;s plunge?</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=182259" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=182259</a> - May 2008 (5 comments)<p><i>Yahoo, Microsoft Back At The Table</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=193615" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=193615</a> - May 2008 (10 comments)<p><i>Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook: War of the Worlds II</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=194101" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=194101</a> - May 2008 (2 comments)<p><i>What Yahoo doesn’t want you to know about the Microsoft deal</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=208276" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=208276</a> - June 2008 (2 comments)<p><i>Why Yahoo Passed On Microsoft&#x27;s Search Deal (New Details!)</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=217178" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=217178</a> - June 2008 (1 comment)<p><i>Microsoft Signals It Would Rather Talk To An Icahn-Controlled Yahoo </i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=238583" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=238583</a> - July 2008 (3 comments)<p><i>Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as blood boils</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=245059" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=245059</a> - July 2008 (4 comments)<p><i>Yahoo tells Microsoft: &#x27;Buy us&#x27;</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=355531" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=355531</a> - Nov 2008 (19 comments)<p><i>Microsoft rules out Yahoo acquisition (again)</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=356526" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=356526</a> - Nov 2008 (4 comments)<p><i>Why Microsoft Should Bid Again — and Yahoo Should Accept</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=369671" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=369671</a> - Nov 2008 (1 comment)<p><i>Microsoft Poaches Yahoo&#x27;s Top Search Engineer; &quot;the end of Yahoo search.&quot; </i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=369908" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=369908</a> - Nov 2008 (21 comments)<p><i>Why Microsoft should forget about Yahoo and buy Palm</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=442003" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=442003</a> - Jan 2009 (18 comments)<p><i>Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck, Will Be Announced Within Next 24 Hours</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=729152" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=729152</a> - July 2009 (22 comments)<p><i>Microsoft and Yahoo Reach Agreement on Search</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=729823" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=729823</a> - July 2009 (24 comments)<p><i>Microsoft looking to buy Yahoo again</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=3270790" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=3270790</a> - Nov 2011 (38 comments)<p><i>Yahoo Shares Top $31, The Price Microsoft Offered In 2008</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6414838" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6414838</a> - Sept 2013 (49 comments)