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Test Tube Evolution

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Today latoga’s box view becomes latoga labs.

I have discontinued my old blog address. If you were a subscriber to that blog’s feed you will automatically receive posts from the new blog (you might want to to update the title on your feed reader though).

latoga labs was born out of evolution. Change is constant. After some recent changes and requests by people for my expertise on a consulting basis I decided to launch latoga labs. The blog will continue as my lab notes; focusing on Technology, Business, and the latest trends and activities between the two. But since it is a lab, expect some experiments which may not appear immediately related.

There are also some projects that I have been working on as well as others that I have been approached about; more information about those will appear on that topic over time.

And of course, if there is a project or initiative that my expertise would lend itself to, please contact me.  You can see the about page as well as my LinkedIn profile to get an idea of the areas of my experience and that I focus on.

Welcome to the labs!

Microsoft Bids $44.6B for Yahoo

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I open up my morning reading and here is the first thing that grabs me:

Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion for Yahoo

Of course, something of this magnitude the first place I went for comments was to the Scobleizer. After his stint at MS and his frustrated departure, I knew he would have some interesting thoughts (also a great link to all the buzz around this already).

My initial reaction is that this is a great business merger. Squeeze some huge operating efficiencies (aka, lay off alot of people) and give the combined entity a better chance to compete against Google…not say that they would be able to compete, as the result of that would be seen only a year out and there are a lot of decisions to be made between now and then that will impact the effectiveness of the merger.

I think actually making this work would be tough considering the cultural difference between the two. There would also be the potential for a large exodus of users who don’t want to support MS. Maybe a better acquirer would be Google…as if that would get past the regulators.