Rumors are flying that Yahoo! said "nyet" to an 80 billion dollar offer from Micorosft over the Holidays.
I wonder what the merged company would have been called. MicroHoo! ?
Link to Mary Jo Foley's terrific blog.
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About Me
- Jim Parsons
- * Chief Marketing Officer (cofounder) Swarmteams – a mobile social networking company based on research in the field of biology and the principals of effective collaboration found in nature (Bioteaming Manifesto).
* EVP Mexens Technologies home of the Navizon Wireless Positioning System for Handheld Devices.
* Infosplit: VP Business Development for IP GeoLocation services firm (acquired April ’04 by Quova)
* Streamcheck: VP Business Development, QoS Streaming Media Metrics (acquired by Keynote Systems, June ’03)
* RealNetworks (pre-IPO): Senior Manager, Channel Development
* Apple Computer: Worldwide Channel Manager for Publishing, Entertainment & New Media markets.
* Aldus Corporation (PageMaker): founding/ managing director of Canadian subsidiary (acquired by Adobe Systems).