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Brownie Points

shashi @ May 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Britain’s Prime Minister understands the internet and the power it brings to the masses. So also do the Chinese

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Media Cos Convergence

shashi @ May 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Over the last few days, several mergers and acquisitions took place. HP buying EDS was the hot news.
But more interesting than that are the mergers happening in the internet media world, which IMHO is a pointer that the industry needs consolidation big time.
CBS bought CNET Networks, Condé Nast bought Ars Technica, Vodafone bought a Social [...]

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Microsoft’s failed buyout bid for Yahoo! - Some musings

shashi @ May 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Was Microsoft really interested in buying Yahoo! ?
Did Jerry Yang do the right thing by rebuffing Ballmer ?
Will the Yahoo! investors remain quiet even after losing out on the deal ?
Does Microsoft realise they could/can never integrate Yahoo into their own ?

Would the merger have been a good thing for Zimbra users ?
Did Microsoft lose [...]

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