Why is Microsoft still interested in Yahoo? Don’t they have the human resources and know-how to compete with Google?

It seems to me, Microsoft is a lot weaker in the search domain than Steve Ballmer will publicly acknowledge.

Search is definitely one area Microsoft is looking to improve on — they just bought PowerSet and I’m sure they’ll continue to acquire companies they believe will help them out in this area.

It seems to me, Microsoft is a lot weaker in the search domain than Steve Ballmer will publicly acknowledge.

yea if yahoo will turn away 44 billion and even 80 billion (was it?) i dont think they will ever be bought out. It appears they want too much money. Im not sure what this means for the future of both these companies but i dont think either of them will ever be able to compete with google single-handedly.

True, and I’m not very confident that merging the two companies would be the best solution for consumers either. That would leave two major players in the search industry, and I don’t think that would be a good thing.