Microsoft, Google and Yahoo Acquisitions Compared
O’Reilly Radar
November 19, 2007
By Tim O’Reilly
Nice data and analysis about the internet giants:
The LibraryHouse blog has a nice summary of recent acquisitions (July 2006 through June 2007) by Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo!, roughly color coded by category. (…)
This really ought to be updated for the second half of 07, as the acquisitions pace accelerates. In my recent talks and interviews about Web 2.0 in Germany, China, and Japan, I found myself cautioning entrepreneurs that Web 2.0 is already in the consolidation phase, where few companies are really even imagining going all the way to becoming a freestanding company, but instead looking for acquisition as their final exit. (That’s why Facebook’s refusal to accept acquisition was so noteworthy and so refreshing.)
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/11/microsoft_google_yahoo_acquisitions.html
