So smart. So big. So exciting. Oh and an all stock transaction- perfect for Google. What do the venture guys care. The nerds will have at it on TechMeme , but I read it first at The Blogging Times. Cool.
I really hope Google f@#$ked the bankers in this deal and did it themselves. What advice could they have provided? Oh yeah – don’t so it!
See ya Calacanis, See you Netscape, See you AOL, See you Yahoo (not really – but lot’s more heavy lifting), Adios SONY. WOW!
Ebay is the only big warrior not attacked by this move.
PS – APPLE IS NEXT IN SIGHT :)
PSS – Google has added over $4 billion in market capitalization since the rumor started, so short-term, the market has spoken on the synergies. That I don’t trust for what it’s worth!
PSSS – Let’s just shoot all the lawyers because unfortunately, they just made a few billion in coming lawsuits. BUT, that is just a rounding error in the big picture.
Disclosure – Long – Ebay
Long live google video.
(Now, maybe my friends at google will hush up about me being on youtube.)
I don’t know why I’m so depressed about this news. I think I’ll have an Ambien and go to sleep…
It’s not the lawyers’ faults that people in this country are so litigious.
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It is 95 percent the lawyers fault the rest is government.
Howard, careful not to underestimate the lameness of the governement. I got two more parking tickets today because my wheels weren’t turned on the hill.
A$$holes! haha.