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Erik — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:05:01 -0000

I was thinking this was going to be another cash expenditure like they've done with some past billion dollar deals. The stock exchange makes a lot of sense and certainly provides Google with all sorts of buying power.

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/06/youtube-may-go-to-google-for-16-billion/

mark — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:49:54 -0000

Erik, Google is worth in the hundreds of billions. They're clearly wealthy if they can buy YouTube outright :)

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/06/youtube-may-go-to-google-for-16-billion/

Erik — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:56:49 -0000

I hadn't heard their announcement to focus on current products instead of new ones. I have read many articles on the lack of success for almost all of their products - a little focus and a big push could go a long ways. They've had some recent updates, ie Reader, that has shown some great improvements - I'm looking forward to many more.

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/06/youtube-may-go-to-google-for-16-billion/

Sid Yadav — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:16:49 -0000

Erik,
You have a good point. Recently Google also made the announcement that they'll stop releasing new products and start developing the existing ones. This may have a lot to do with the fact that they're overloaded, but I think it has its own financial side to it.

Although, it's notable that their shares are now on $420, gone up $8 in the last day alone -- see the effect a YouTube rumor has on people? ;-)

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/06/youtube-may-go-to-google-for-16-billion/

erik — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:57:53 -0000

This could definitely be very exciting - but how much cash is Google sitting on? They've spent quite a bit already.