# Microsoft to buy Google?! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [November 1, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415 "2003-11-01T23:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@dropkick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dropkick)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/1 "2003-11-01T23:56:53Z")
Anyone else heard about this? A few articles to check out - [the motley fool](http://www.fool.com/News/Take/2003/take031031.htm#microsoft) [http://www.money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/11/01/cngoog01.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2003/11/01/ixfrontcity.html](http://www.money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/11/01/cngoog01.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2003/11/01/ixfrontcity.html) Real or just PR hype for an impending IPO? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/2 "2003-11-01T23:58:30Z")
OMFG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO google is da best now we’re gonna have it overrun by freaking popupwindows and banner ads argh ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/3 "2003-11-02T00:01:43Z")
oh fer farks sake… …I can see it all now: “…Google has performed an illegal action and will now shut down…” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/4 "2003-11-02T00:06:34Z")
rotflmao nice RR ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/5 "2003-11-02T00:14:34Z")
well…if worst comes to worst…apple can come up with one 😃 but no i love google to much to see it go like this…i love you google _has apple make a move_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/6 "2003-11-02T00:59:19Z")
lol, i’d doubt apple would get into the search-engine business… MS on the other hand does run the [msn.com](http://msn.com) search engine, and it wanting to take over google makes a bit of sense ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/7 "2003-11-02T01:36:03Z")
and that is the scariest part (the fact that it makes sense) :!: rofCmao ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/8 "2003-11-02T01:58:21Z")
it only makes sense to them not me no no no i love google just the way its always been ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/9 "2003-11-02T02:00:29Z")
There is nothing wrong with MS buying them. It’ll probably ensure google survives. Besides, google was planning an IPO for sometime next year - sooner or later it was bound to be bought out :cap: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/10 "2003-11-02T02:10:35Z")
on the bright side – i can’t wait to download the google service pack 1 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/11 "2003-11-02T02:14:55Z")
what do you mean insure google survives kirupa? I would think they are very well off and one of the most successful internet start up companies along with amazon and ebay. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/12 "2003-11-02T02:28:24Z")
They planned on going public sometime next year using an online auction system. Sounds pretty interesting and levels the field a bit for us without connections. That’s why I’m a little skeptical of the whole merger thing…people could see the company as being more valuable if MS wants them, driving up the price on the IPO. I’ll keep an eye out for anything big that develops. [Motley Fool article](http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2003/mft03102408.htm?source=EDNWFT) - might have to register to acces ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/13 "2003-11-02T02:34:29Z")
Kmans undying love for saint $Billl has clouded his view meThinks…😉 woe is us who have to endure the whims of yet another redmond based mono-pollie ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/14 "2003-11-02T04:05:14Z")
I would never believe this! :!: have to do some research. On Google. Wait. :h: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/15 "2003-11-02T04:53:27Z")
I can see it now… [Google.com](http://Google.com) (search 1,000,000 sites!) [Google.com.NET](http://Google.com.NET) (only $2,000 - search all the sites google used to!) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/16 "2003-11-02T09:14:49Z")
wow… it didn’t take very long for those changes to happen, did it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/17 "2003-11-02T09:39:11Z")
It almost looked authentic, if you just would’ve changed the “1-10 of about 1,160” it’d be cool. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/18 "2003-11-02T09:39:52Z")
doh… so close ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/19 "2003-11-02T10:45:34Z")
haha that’s funny, gotta love the “Microsoft r0x0rz!” description 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415/20 "2003-11-02T11:14:06Z")
OMfG Is it true? … google should be protected by international laws, like a mountain or egyptian pyramid…can’t be sell!! I’ve gotta do something. I call bill. wait. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-to-buy-google/34415.md?page=2)