The whole Microsoft-Yahoo thing
Filed in archive The Vision Thing by Scott Wilson on February 01, 2008

The one effect that springs immediately to my mind is that this takes Zimbra effectively out of position to compete with traditional Exchange deployments, a role I had expressed some hope that it might fill eventually.
Mini expresses some worry that the deal, if completed, might threaten certain jobs at Microsoft, but I think that's probably unfounded, at least in the short-term. As Dana Gardner suggests, this offer smacks of failure, and the ensuing merger of two losing divisions would be neither rapid or smooth. It does suggest a loss of focus and there may be some peripheral effects at Microsoft's core business software divisions as a result, but some of us have been predicting that outcome as a byproduct of Chairman Bill's impending departure this summer anyway.
At any rate, I'm sick of typing about it already, so if you really care, go comb Techmeme for insights.
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