A reminder of why Microsoft wanted Yahoo

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:04pm

So why did Microsoft try so hard to buy Yahoo? Simply put, Google is Microsoft's nightmare come true, and the Windows maker needed Yahoo to better compete with that growing search beast in Silicon Valley.

Henry Blodget at Silicon Alley Insider has posted Tuesday a good look at how ...


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