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April 9, 2008

Quote du Jour: MSFT/YHOO/AOL/NWS/etc.

Quote of the day comes in the dizzying Perils of Pauline-style adventure that is MSFT's attempt to buy YHOO.

Recall: At the end of Episode 26 the evil MSFT had forlorn YHOO strapped to the tracks, saying YHOO has only three minutes to give up the gold's location before a freight train rushes through and crushes YHOO flat. Cue whistle in the middle distance as the credits roll.

But wait! As Episode 27 begins, mute and legless beggar AOL has appeared in a wheelchair! It is frantically signing "I'll help!" as it lurches its way across the rocky ground. And then, however, curses! The fat and corrupt NWS starts rolling boulders in AOL's wheelchair's path, painfully slowing its progress to YHOO. Meanwhile stationmaster GOOG has woken up from a drunken stupor and is trying to switch the rusty tracks, sending the oncoming train in another direction.

And then the end credits roll, saying "Stay Tuned for Episode 28 ...."

Got all that? It's, you know, complicated. Anyway, here is the quote of the day:

...Yahoo might have difficulty convincing its shareholders that a Yahoo-AOL combination is attractive.

Gosh, you think? Thanks.

[via WSJ]

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