Acquisition is not the answer for Microsoft

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A Yahoo and Microsoft merger would create bigger market share but chaos in melding two web platforms

Microsoft versus Yahoo is the biggest drama we have seen on the internet since the days of Netscape. Microsoft’s unsolicited $44bn (£25.6bn) buyout offer was last week rejected by Yahoo’s board, wh...

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