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- Liddell destroying Microsoft from within
- Liddell destroying Microsoft from withinCiscoFor what it's worth, Cisco has managed a long string of acquisitions quite well. Then again, they are pretty good at LWA: Leave Well Alone -- if a group is doing well, don't charge in and make changes.I admit that I can't offhand think of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Liddell, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Yahoo+officially+says+no+to+Microsoft%3B+It+could+get+ugly
- Yahoo+officially+says+no+to+Microsoft%3B+It+could+get+uglyC# and VBif the board thought they culd have created more value they had all of last year, and the year before and teh year before to prove it. Obviously not. And the same goes for most of teh employees.Start learning c# and VB.Not that easy ...You have to remember...
- Tags: Corporate governance, C#, Programming languages, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., board, Liddell
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Microsoft and Yahoo deal: Decker, Liddell would play big roles
- Microsoft and Yahoo deal: Decker, Liddell would play big rolesEmbrace, Extend, AssimilateAnnihilate all opposition.Yup,that's Microsoft!
- Tags: Liddell, Decker, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- Microsoft and Yahoo deal: Decker, Liddell play big roles
- If a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo happens itll be because of two chief financial officers--Sue Decker and Christopher Liddell. Decker left, arguably the heir apparent to CEO Terry Semel at Yahoo, is considered to be the most valuable executive at the company....
- Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Microsoft, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
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- The question that won't go away: What comes after Yahoo?
- During an appearance at the Citi Global Technology Conference on September 4, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell faced the same question that he's been answering for months: What is Microsoft's online strategy now that the company has decided against buying Yahoo? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam
- Updated below: Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer...
- Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet
- Update: Microsoft's board met Wednesday to mull over its next move regarding its Yahoo board, but couldn't reach a decision. The Wall Street Journal, which has been tipped off, cites "people familiar with the matter," also known as Microsoft, and reports an announcement could now come later...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Journal, Corporate Governance, Portals, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale
- Companies at least publicly traded ones are beholden to shareholders. But they also are beholden to their employees. And while most Softies are afraid to state for the record that they think Microsoft should abandon its takeover of Yahoo, that opinion is a real and prevailing sentiment among many in...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Windows, Professional Development, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Career, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo
- Microsoft's Saturday "negotiate or else" deadline for Yahoo has passed with an eerie silence. Yahoo's board is reportedly meeting Sunday--you'd think the company would have met before the deadline, but I guess we're all prone to procrastination. Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell hinted on Thursday and in a broadcast to employees...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo
- It's deadline day for Yahoo. Three weeks ago Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Yahoo that it needs to negotiate about the software giant's $31 a share offer. Since Ballmer's ultimatum there has been a lot of bluster, but little else. And it's quite possible that this weekend will be uneventful...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Nothing, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- EIC podcast: Microhoo, Vista; Macs; Web 2.0 Expo
- In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about the looming Microhoo proxy war deadline and recap the week's back and forth between Yahoo and Microsoft. Meanwhile, Microsoft detailed its March quarter and the big takeaways were that client revenue didn't live up to expectations,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: Apple
- Are all of those Apple OS X vs. Vista commercials making an impact? Microsoft's client revenue--Vista and XP came in below expectations--and the company cited three primary reasons: A tough comparison from year ago levels, OEM inventory build and piracy. But the elephant on the conference call may have been...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, OEM, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Brendan Barnicle, March, Macbook Air, TR, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Microsoft: Yahoo 'unrealistic'; Deadline stands; Quarter mixed
- Update: Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell said Thursday that Yahoo had "unrealistic expectations" about the price it could fetch and reiterated the software giant could walk away from the deal. Liddell's comments came on Microsoft's third quarter earnings conference call (for live coverage see News.com and Silicon Alley...
- Tags: Revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Income, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Wall Street, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- News to know: IE 8; eBay security; Microhoo; Favorite Windows programs; Apple
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default. Microsoft's IE blog Microsoft, Nokia to port Silverlight to Symbian phones Nate McFeters: eBay Red Team Event - Creating Security Awareness and Sharing Strategies Ed Bott's 10 Favorite...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Microsoft's Liddell: Yahoo could be SaaSy if management would talk to us
- Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell said Yahoo--assuming it is acquired by the software giant--will play a big software as a service role in the combined company. Liddell, speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, said that "clearly, software as a service is going to be a bigger component...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Enterprise Agreement, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- March 13: D-day for Microsoft's Yahoo intentions
- Mark your calendars. The next milestone in the ongoing Microsoft-Yahoo saga is March 13: The last day the software giant can propose a slate of directors to launch a proxy fight for Yahoo. Under Yahoo's bylaws, the close of business on March 13 is the record date...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Liddell destroying Microsoft from within
- Has anyone succeeded in buying-out a sector of the technology industry and making the whole worth more than the sum of its parts? (Picture from NASDAQ.) That's the trick paper executive Chris Liddell, now Microsoft's CFO, claims he can pull off. To do what no one has...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Problem, Autonomy, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Investment, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Yahoo officially says no to Microsoft; It could get ugly
- Yahoo on Monday made its rejection of Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid official, concluding that the software giant's offer "is not in the best interests of Yahoo! and our stockholders" and "substantially undervalues" the company. According to Yahoo's statement: "After careful evaluation, the Board believes that Microsoft's...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., New York Times Co., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Ballmer: Yahoo deal would provide counterweight to Google
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that the company's unsolicited offer for Yahoo would create a No. 2 competitor against Google and serve as a counterweight in the industry. The message, which comes a day after Google panned the deal and Yahoo said it was exploring other...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Investment, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- Why Microhoo: To stop the Google machine
- I am on the conference call with Steve Ballmer CEO, Chris Liddell CFO, Kevin Johnson President PSD, and Ray Ozzie Chief Software Architect. Chairman Bill Gates is sitting this one out, a sign of his pending departure from the day-to-day grind in Redmond. We have...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Stock, Data Centers, Research & Development, Microsoft Office, Social Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
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