Yahoo: We Will Do A Deal With Microsoft For “Boat Loads of Money”

2009 May 27
by MHB

Yahoo’s CEO,  Carol Bartz said Wednesday she would be open to striking a search deal with Microsoft if they offered “boatloads of money.”

“If there’s boatloads of money and the right technology involved, we’d do a deal, sure,” Ms. Bartz said at the All Things Digital conference. “It’s that simple.”

Ms. Bartz also said Yahoo was interested in acquiring social-networking and video start-ups, noting that video advertising has grown sharply in recent years. She added Yahoo, which has cut thousands of jobs in the past year, doesn’t plan further layoffs.

Exactly how much is a boatload of money?

I guess it depends on the size of the boat.

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  1. 2009 May 27

    “I guess it depends on the size of the boat.”

    And how many of them since it’s plural :)

  2. 2009 May 27

    Sorry, but I believe that boat has sailed.

  3. 2009 May 27

    lol – David, well said! :)

    I’m still shocked to this day that Yahoo didn’t take the M$ offer back then…

  4. 2009 May 28
    Johnny permalink

    It sounds like Carol has been having lunch every day with Jerry b/c they both sound like the same character.

  5. 2009 May 28
    Mike permalink

    I’m not shocked – they turned down Brin and Page after all, leading to a little startup you may know of called Google.

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