Microsoft to acquire Yahoo! at $44.6 billion cash

How did Microsoft’s plan to acquire Yahoo! come about? As you know, both of them have different focus in their business. While Microsoft focuses on their Windows Operating System & Office Suites, Yahoo! on the other hand focuses on advertising sales.

Microsoft has their own search engine, MSN, so does Yahoo!. They are planning to further challenge rival Google in online services. So, search engine war again.

For personal preferences, I prefer Google for their fast response & more intelligent search engine. It has never failed to give me the searches I want.

Google, keep up the excellent work.

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