Ever wondered who came out the winner of the Microsoft and Yahoo deal? According to Clayton Moran, an analyst of the financial services firm Standford Group:

“We think Google’s the winner, Its two main competitors are separate and floundering.”

Though several lessons had been learned on the deal, one of the most notable is sometimes to bargain.  A 47.5 billion dollar isn’t bad after all.  I had just thought that sometimes how I lose a deal because of wanting a higher price. Accordingly, Steve Ballmer believes that the business isn’t over rumors has it that Microsoft will rebid at the end of the year.

But in the meantime, so to catch up with the winner, Google, Ballmer had continually laid out plans on how to top online advertising leader google.  Google topped the market with approximately 75% market share while Microsoft at about 4%.  And the rest is for second place Yahoo.

However, there are other online advertising aspect where Microsoft expects to have headway - video advertising which is expected to grow in the next couple of years but still, dominated by Google.  Another lesson that might be learned from the deal is persistence.  According to Ballmer:

“We’re very persistent,iIf we don’t get it right, we’ll keep coming and coming and coming.”

As I see it, statistics shows that it might be very hard for Microsoft to make a headway.  But with those lessons, I think Microsoft will give Google a run for their money that only after several years to come.

I would like to hear from you whether who you think is the winner and add up to the list of lessons from the tech giants’ deal.

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