American media: Microsoft should not buy Yahoo 20 reasons (group of photos)

Beijing time on May 14 news, with the media rumors that Microsoft may spend a huge amount of money to acquire Yahoo!, the famous IT website eweek.com analyzed and weighed the pros and cons of Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo!, listing ten reasons for acquisition and non-acquisition.

Top 10 reasons why Microsoft Should buy Yahoo:

Strengthening competitive advantage - Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo is the only way to approach Google's lead in search.

Second, it's just spending money - buying Yahoo would be much more exciting than buying $50 billion in American savings bonds.

Third, corporate culture integration - After the acquisition of Yahoo, Microsoft's corporate culture in people's minds may be enhanced.

4. Retain more talent - Buying Yahoo will allow Microsoft chief software designer Ray Ozzie's web strategy to continue to work.

5. Develop a leadership style -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is a better boss than Yahoo CEO Terry Semel.

Relax Yahoo's leadership - it's time for Jerry Yang and David Filo to stop doing sumo for the sake of the environment and go fishing.

Expanding market share - After acquiring Yahoo, Microsoft has the ability to make the entire state of Washington his territory, while Yahoo can't even manage California.

Eight, change the name to enhance the impact -- after the acquisition of Yahoo!, Microsoft can change the name from "Microsoft" to "Microsoft!" .

Yahoo employees cash out -- If Microsoft buys Yahoo, Yahoo employees can take the opportunity to cash out and leave.

10. Access to important media - If Microsoft buys Yahoo, it will only need to pay an additional $5 billion to buy the heavyweight newspaper The Wall Street Journal, and thus get the opportunity to cover the acquisition in the headlines.