Yahoo/Microsoft merger rumors

John Battelle on the Stock Market Predicting That YHOO and MSFT Will Hook up: "it's not clear what Microsoft brings to Yahoo's party that the company does not already have." What a preposterous statement! Here's a short list of what Microsoft brings to "Yahoo's Party:" MSN Spaces, XBox 360, OneNote, Exchange Server, 90% of the browser market (with Internet Explorer 7 due this Summer) and live.com. And - oh yeah - an Operating System or two.

For what it's worth, I think this merger makes perfect sense, and I never think these big mergers make any sense. Yahoo and Microsoft aren't good at any of the same things, and GAOgle vs. Microhoo! would be a death match worth buying ringside tickets for.