I think Microsoft should buy Google, what do you say?

[dda_k]

Anyway is it actually possible?

 

[jsooney]

Google isn't bigger.

Yeah I guess not in terms of number of employees. They are closer financially than I thought, with MS being bigger in some ways.

Still, Google seems better positioned at the moment, particularly if you look at Android v WP, Google v Bing, etc. Google are pretty dominant in other areas like Youtube, Earth and all the stuff they are doing with Google Glass, driverless cars and so on. They seem to have their fingers in a lot of pies. It might change though, and personally I don't like Google as a company at all and don't use any of their products other than the occasional Youtube video someone might send me.

 

[JamesPTao]

Yeah I guess not in terms of number of employees. They are closer financially than I thought, with MS being bigger in some ways.

Still, Google seems better positioned at the moment, particularly if you look at Android v WP, Google v Bing, etc. Google are pretty dominant in other areas like Youtube, Earth and all the stuff they are doing with Google Glass, driverless cars and so on. They seem to have their fingers in a lot of pies. It might change though, and personally I don't like Google as a company at all and don't use any of their products other than the occasional Youtube video someone might send me.

Don't forget it also comes down to equitable worth (how much money they have in hand and how much of their worth is in things that can be sold not just on things they own). Ms has a lot of their money coming In from enterprise. That's money that's not tied to devices but software and a dependable income.

 

[JamesPTao]

Also, no offense but google could not replace the coding ability of MS. They would have to be able to maintain ms's employees as well. Plus it wouldn't make sense. Google's whole monetary focus is using its services to get money from advertising (which is a completely retail customer focus) while ms makes money by selling its software to enterprise (the grand majority of their money). Besides the lack of trust of their motivations from enterprise it would turn google into a split personality of sorts. Really bad idea.

 

[Makm]

Never happening.

 

[spaulagain]

Why in the hell would they? To duplicate all their services? MS already outclasses Google in everything except search and mobile phone OS.

Not to mention that the big 3, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are all too big to buy each other.

 

[JamesPTao]

And for Ms it would be a waste of money. They would never be happy with the buggy mess that is androids phone os. It has good features true, but they would buy it and then try to fix it for what? It wouldn't help enterprise In the least bit. The only value google would hold to ms would be their search algorithms.

 

[Ebuka Allison]

I think you should stop drinking so much.
Besides...google? Why not Apple... or Samsung.... heck why not America since we're talking about things that CANNOT happen

 

[DJCBS]

Lol

 

[surfacedude]

As I understand it, Ballmer had the chance to buy Google in the late 90s or early 2000s. He passed on it, apparently.

 

[LTTG]

Microsoft will never be able to buy Google, because Google is worth more money than Microsoft. End of story.

 

[fdalbor]

They don't have the money to buy Google. Google's value and theirs are about the same from the figures I have seen.

 

[realwarder]

They don't have the money to buy Google. Google's value and theirs are about the same from the figures I have seen.

That's never stopped a company. Typically you just get investors to back the deal and make it happen. Of course with companies this size there aren't so many investment groups to go to..

 

[Lorenzo Farinelli]

I don't think Google will let Microsoft buy them.

 

[Indistinguishable]

I think the United States should buy Russia.

Thoughts?

 

[psoham777]

I think the United States should buy Russia.



Thoughts?

Make a new thread

 

[psoham777]

MS can't buy Google, neither can Google buy MS. End of the story.
Sent from my dark knight 1320

 

[berty6294]

I think the United States should buy Russia.

Thoughts?

Lmao I came back to this thread specifically to post that exact statement. Beat me to it...

 

[WillGrey]

I like the idea that Microsoft isn't that big anymore, actually. It used to be the biggest player in the market, but now there would be many who would argue that it's lagging behind Google and Apple. I like that. It gives me the feeling that I'm supporting the underdog, and that I'm on neither side of the super aggressive iOS vs Android ****** war. Buying Google (even if it were practically possible) would kinda ruin this whole cool middle ground vibe that they seem to have right now.

 

[jsooney]

I think the United States should buy Russia.

Thoughts?

Well they bought Alaska from them, maybe they continue across the Bering Strait.

 

[Darthbobcat]

I'm not dreaming, and I wouldn't want that. Neither is likely, but Google is bigger and richer than MS at this point, so it is likelier, or less unlikely if you prefer.

Define bigger. On a Market Capitalization view, Microsoft is currently bigger than Google.

(At least they were about two weeks ago).