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This looks like another Informatica deal [0]. It actually makes a ton of sense. Yahoo needs to get out of the scrutiny of the public markets and into a private
by mbesto 11y ago
This looks like another Informatica deal [0]. It actually makes a ton of sense. Yahoo needs to get out of the scrutiny of the public markets and into a private ownership that wants long term results (EBITDA growth year over year) and less trendy bets that try to raise the status of the company (i.e. Tumblr).
[0] - http://www.computerworld.com/article/2960729/enterprise-applications/microsoft-salesforcecom-join-53-billion-informatica-buyout.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2960729/enterprise-appl...
- kolbe 11y agoThat doesn't mean Microsoft needs to get involved. Generally speaking, entities that provide debt financing for private equity investments are the biggest suckers in the investment community.
- drited 11y agoArticle says one of reasons for Microsoft's interest is to preserve search and ad deals with Yahoo
- sangnoir 11y ago> Article says one of reasons for Microsoft's interest is to preserve search and ad deals with Yahoo Note that preservation of the search deal might not be in Yahoo's best interest, so depending on where you stand, Microsoft doesn't "need" to be involved in this.