On Feb 8, 2008 11:23 PM, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and it just escaped me why > Yahoo was worth whatever billion$ they would spend on it. >
Well, Yahoo! still has a bit going for it. As far as mind share and product placement is concerned, Yahoo! is still a well known brand. No matter how mind-bogglingly cool Gmail is, Yahoo! Mail still has a larger subscriber base. Ok, 90% of *those* users are spammers, but the point is if you are looking at pure numbers Yahoo! has more mail users and just pushes more mail period, right now. Heck, because of the SBC Yahoo! deal, and my DSL account, I have something like 9 Yahoo! Mail accounts for me and my family. (Although the Yahoo! account that I use is forwarded directly to my Gmail account, but I digress.) You also have the Yahoo! Groups, which are widely used for alternate mailing lists. Yahoo! Messenger also is running toe to toe with AOL IM for largest user base as well. All in all it's all about the numbers. Even if 50% of the accounts in Yahoo! are duplicates (like my 9) and 50% of *those* are used primarily for sending spam until they are turned off and a new one opened, the numbers are still astronomical when viewed on paper. That's what Microsoft wants to buy. The numbers that appear on paper. The millions of email users, the hundreds of thousands of Y!IM users, etc. Pull them into the Microsoft fold, make half of the ads in all Yahoo! mail and at the bottom of the Yahoo! searches Microsoft related, and try to win back the eyeballs and minds of the unsuspecting public. Hell, they have spent more than what they offered for Yahoo! in trying to keep the Xbox and now the Xbox 360 alive to battle Sony I think. Ed -- "I'm a Night Elf Mohawk!" - Mr. T. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
