Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo) Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo)

AABA 19.63

0.0%

Nov 6 4:00 PM EST

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (16679)	1/1/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: tonyt	Read Replies (2) of 27307

Microsoft is not a good example. In the 'old days', Microsoft had contracts with IBM (and later the clone's) whereby they were paid on a per/cpu basis. What that means is that Microsofts profits (for the os) were guaranteed. Even if IBM wanted to include DRDOS (which was a better os at the time), they still had to pay Microsoft. Yahoo has no 'lock' on its advertisers (and it gets no revenue from its users, again, something that is different from M$) I'm not too familiar with Yahoo's ad contracts. How far out are they locked in? Are they subject to adjustment? How far in advance are they sold? (i.e. could they have been sold six months in advance, before the current internet boom?) --Tony

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next