Unable to topple Google Inc on its own, Microsoft Corp is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion (euro28.21 billion) that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
Microsoft's audacious attempt to buy Yahoo, spelled out in an unsolicited offer announced on Friday, shows just how much Google threatens the world's largest software maker's grip on how people interact with computers.
For Yahoo, the bid represents another painful reminder of how missed opportunities and mismanagement combined to open the door for Google to supplant it as the Internet's main gateway, decimating its stock price in the process.
Redmond, Washigton-based Microsoft is trying to avoid a similar fate at Google's hands as more people access services and computer programs online instead of relying on packaged software applications.
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