Random Stuff

So Microsoft is trying to buy Yahoo. I don’t think they should. They should go back to their core business of building software and operating systems. Or even go back and fix their core business of building software and operating systems. Not trying to buy their way into beating Google.

Microsoft suffers from a disorder. I’m not sure what the name of it is, but they think they need to be number one at anything and everything that someone else is good at. And they will do it by any means they can, then declare themselves victorious  even though they are not. “HEY! LOOK AT ME! I’M NUMBER ONE!”

They are really diluting themselves. Diluting their products. Diluting their name. Buying yahoo will not do them any good, nor will it fix any of their problems.  It will not take Google down a notch, it won’t bring Microsoft up a notch. It will just turn Yahoo into another Microsoft train wreck. Bloated, slow web pages that only run in IE.

The only thing I really worry about is Flickr and what will happen to it. I use it extensively and would hate to have to change services. But regardless, it’s not a big deal.

What would be a big deal, and the timing is perfect for it now, is if Apple decided to release MacOS to run on consumer PC hardware. Now that Microsoft no longer has their focus on the operating system market. That would really shake things up, quite possibly disastrously for MS. That, however, is a different discussion.

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