Comments on: Now We Know How Microsoft is Going To Spend The Yahoo Money http://www.thedomains.com/2008/09/22/now-we-know-how-microsoft-is-going-to-spend-the-yahoo-money/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:46:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: damir http://www.thedomains.com/2008/09/22/now-we-know-how-microsoft-is-going-to-spend-the-yahoo-money/comment-page-1/#comment-8265 damir Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:51:13 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1030#comment-8265 It is a clever move by Microsoft to buy back it's own shares so it can make Bill Gates and Company even richer and gain more control of the Business. It is a clever move by Microsoft to buy back it’s own shares so it can make Bill Gates and Company even richer and gain more control of the Business.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.thedomains.com/2008/09/22/now-we-know-how-microsoft-is-going-to-spend-the-yahoo-money/comment-page-1/#comment-8261 Jeremy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:08:25 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1030#comment-8261 They'll still have plenty of cash on hand for whatever non-innovative venture they may (not) wish to pursue. They should be increasing their dividend, that used to be the whole point of being a shareholder. If they don't need 100% of cash on hand to continue (responsibly and practically) running operations the excess should be given to the shareholders. It's their company after all. They’ll still have plenty of cash on hand for whatever non-innovative venture they may (not) wish to pursue. They should be increasing their dividend, that used to be the whole point of being a shareholder. If they don’t need 100% of cash on hand to continue (responsibly and practically) running operations the excess should be given to the shareholders. It’s their company after all.

]]> By: ShuwiX http://www.thedomains.com/2008/09/22/now-we-know-how-microsoft-is-going-to-spend-the-yahoo-money/comment-page-1/#comment-8258 ShuwiX Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:33:03 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1030#comment-8258 Microsoft isn't flexible company. I think they are too huge, so mostly nobody sees noones work or cares and everybody only waits for payday. Buying of domains would be disaster for them cause they don't have right people. They don't think to future, as they have lost all the IE domains like IE7.com which is pointing to firefox. Microsoft isn’t flexible company. I think they are too huge, so mostly nobody sees noones work or cares and everybody only waits for payday.
Buying of domains would be disaster for them cause they don’t have right people. They don’t think to future, as they have lost all the IE domains like IE7.com which is pointing to firefox.

]]> By: Tony Lam, DMD http://www.thedomains.com/2008/09/22/now-we-know-how-microsoft-is-going-to-spend-the-yahoo-money/comment-page-1/#comment-8257 Tony Lam, DMD Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:24:54 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=1030#comment-8257 Buying up domain portfolios would be too much outside-the-box thinking for Microsoft at this point. Even for Google, that is a radical idea. Google could just as easily devour all the major portfolios out there for a total of $5 billion and completely dominate the internet but it also chooses not to. Conventionally, buying back shares and increasing dividends is a good thing. They did the best under the rules from 20 years ago I suppose. RH Donnelley could've used the $345M it spent for business.com and instead bought Tucows and Dark Blue Sea and still had much cash left over. They could've had leverage to compete head to head with Marchex in online local search. But they're also out of touch and are trying to survive in a possibly dying industry. So it's not just the big boys. Buying up domain portfolios would be too much outside-the-box thinking for Microsoft at this point. Even for Google, that is a radical idea. Google could just as easily devour all the major portfolios out there for a total of $5 billion and completely dominate the internet but it also chooses not to.

Conventionally, buying back shares and increasing dividends is a good thing. They did the best under the rules from 20 years ago I suppose.

RH Donnelley could’ve used the $345M it spent for business.com and instead bought Tucows and Dark Blue Sea and still had much cash left over. They could’ve had leverage to compete head to head with Marchex in online local search. But they’re also out of touch and are trying to survive in a possibly dying industry. So it’s not just the big boys.

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