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In an alternate universe, Google sold to Yahoo for $1M in 1998; Tesla sold to Yahoo in 2013.

higherpurpose 12y ago
Except it's more likely the Google acquisition wouldn't have gone anywhere under Yahoo, and Yahoo wouldn't be in the position to buy Tesla today anyway.
- tripzilch 12y ago
  I wonder in what way the web would look different today, if Google had been acquired and became a mere footnote in Yahoo's long list of sunset acquisitions...
lnanek2 12y ago
Microsoft actually offered a great deal to buy Yahoo a while back, but stupid leadership cheated all us shareholders. So Yahoo shouldn't even exist at this point...
- ucha 12y ago
  Microsoft offered $31 a share in 2008. It's at $45 now.
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  - bjterry 12y ago
    The S&P 500 total return index has gone from 1330 to 2081 in the same time frame. So if Microsoft had paid you $31 dollars a share and you had reinvested it in the market, it would be worth $48.5 or thereabouts. Even if it does catch up, it will have taken more than 7 years to do so.
  - ntumlin 12y ago
    Just for another number to look at, according to Wolfram Alpha, the $31 in 2008 would be ~$35 today when you adjust for inflation. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=31+2008+dollars+in+2015+dollars http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=31+2008+dollars+in+2015...
  - node-bayarea 12y ago
    That's all because of alibaba. Yahoo would be worth around $80-$90 if they had sold to MSFT or may be even more as they wouldn't have sold part of alibaba share like marissamayer did last year or so. would have, could have.
Marat_Dukhan 12y ago
In yet another alternate universe, Google sold to Excite for under $1M in 1999; Tesla sold to Excite in 2013; in 2014 Excite is named the best employer for the fifth time in a row!
- myth_buster 12y ago
  In yet another alternate universe, Google sold to Excite; Excite management decides to kill it (as seems to be the trend with acquisitions); 2015 search traffic is split between AltaVista, Excite and Yahoo!
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Except it's more likely the Google acquisition wouldn't have gone anywhere under Yahoo, and Yahoo wouldn't be in the position to buy Tesla today anyway.

tripzilch 12y ago
I wonder in what way the web would look different today, if Google had been acquired and became a mere footnote in Yahoo's long list of sunset acquisitions...

lnanek2 12y ago

Microsoft actually offered a great deal to buy Yahoo a while back, but stupid leadership cheated all us shareholders. So Yahoo shouldn't even exist at this point...

ucha 12y ago
Microsoft offered $31 a share in 2008. It's at $45 now.
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- bjterry 12y ago
  The S&P 500 total return index has gone from 1330 to 2081 in the same time frame. So if Microsoft had paid you $31 dollars a share and you had reinvested it in the market, it would be worth $48.5 or thereabouts. Even if it does catch up, it will have taken more than 7 years to do so.
- ntumlin 12y ago
  Just for another number to look at, according to Wolfram Alpha, the $31 in 2008 would be ~$35 today when you adjust for inflation. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=31+2008+dollars+in+2015+dollars http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=31+2008+dollars+in+2015...
- node-bayarea 12y ago
  That's all because of alibaba. Yahoo would be worth around $80-$90 if they had sold to MSFT or may be even more as they wouldn't have sold part of alibaba share like marissamayer did last year or so. would have, could have.

Marat_Dukhan 12y ago

In yet another alternate universe, Google sold to Excite for under $1M in 1999; Tesla sold to Excite in 2013; in 2014 Excite is named the best employer for the fifth time in a row!

myth_buster 12y ago
In yet another alternate universe, Google sold to Excite; Excite management decides to kill it (as seems to be the trend with acquisitions); 2015 search traffic is split between AltaVista, Excite and Yahoo!

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