Some say Microsoft is wasting its money buying Yahoo. Now that it has formally backed out of the deal, may be looking the other way for acquisitions may be in order. Let’s look at what Microsoft can get off of their $45PHP 2,641INR 3,814EUR 43CNY 328 billion budget.
We looked at today’s stock prices and checked on each market capitalization from listed tech companies.
Sun Microsystems – $10.02PHP 588INR 849EUR 10CNY 73 billion
Seagate Technology – $9.43PHP 553INR 799EUR 9CNY 69 billion
Lenovo – $7.24PHP 425INR 614EUR 7CNY 53 billion
Akamai Technologies – $5.84PHP 343INR 495EUR 6CNY 43 billion
AMD – $3.73PHP 219INR 316EUR 4CNY 27 billion
Convergys – $2.88PHP 169INR 244EUR 3CNY 21 billion
ValueClick – $1.94PHP 114INR 164EUR 2CNY 14 billion
Sina – $2.56PHP 150INR 217EUR 2CNY 19 billion
Total : $43.64PHP 2,561INR 3,698EUR 42CNY 318 billion
For less than $45PHP 2,641INR 3,814EUR 43CNY 328 billion, Microsoft can buy an enterprise company, a storage company, a PC manufacturer, a chipmaker, and the biggest call center in the world.
On top of that, they also get the Chinese online media company Sina, giving them a good foothold of China. With ValueClick, they get their boost in online marketing. Add to that pack Akamai which is rock-solid on leading edge content delivery on the internet.
If you were Microsoft and you had $45PHP 2,641INR 3,814EUR 43CNY 328 billion, which tech companies would you buy instead of Yahoo?
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joel says:
red hat and adobe
noelperlas says:
Considering Microsoft already has majority stake in Apple, maybe they could by the rest… haha. But that’s not good news for apple fanatics.
Online properties…. maybe Amazon? Facebook? MySpace? Friendster?
Kinnison says:
Friendster already opted not to be bought years ago. :(
erjanorbe says:
better buy Lenovo and AMD and how about try making an OS that is specially made for their own made laptop and PCs.
Fitz says:
I’d buy YugaTech. :D
minor says:
Philippines 2008 National Budget
NT says:
Microsoft can buy the 2010 presidency :) Or maybe just buy me lifetime food, water, and gas supply. ^^
icy says:
Microsoft needs to start looking for new talents in the Philippines.
Microsoft and Yahoo, most of their new web 2.0 websites sucks.
P365D says:
Google?! LOL!
BrianB says:
I’d buy AT&T.
Jeffrey says:
noelperlas,
That’s old news, MS no longer has a stake in Apple after the latter resurged.
DJ says:
I wonder what will happen to OpenOffice.org if MS buys Sun.. :D
Are you sure AMD’s that cheap nowadays? I know they’re buried in debts, but I think all their technology and fabs got to be worth more than that. Anyway, I wish Microsoft won’t buy them. It would be bad for AMD’s (ATI’s) recent move to an open-source friendly strategy, apparently. In any case, hardware doesn’t fit that much into Microsoft’s alignment as a software company, unless they have plans of going vertical like Apple. In which case AMD would be a very good deal, having become a complete hardware platform company after acquiring ATI.
I’d love it if IBM buys AMD and saves them from all the money problems they’re currently having. I know, IBM’s full of bureaucracy and all, and that they’re moving away from the hardware business, but at least they love open-source.
Sorry, FOSS advocate here. :D
ElectronicsLab.PH says:
ang dami palang pwede mabili ng microsoft.
BrianB says:
Really, Microsoft should buy a wireless company like T-Mobile’s parent or Vodafone.
j4s0n says:
Build a space station and a colony in Mars.
Bamboozled Instructor says:
i’d buy myspace.
tom says:
Microsoft owns majority of Apple?
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=aapl
ralph says:
buy the philippine islands
Joel says:
If MS’s bid on Yahoo was $45bn, how much do you think guys on Google could be?