Microhoo

English Etymology en Microsoft :Yahoo! Proper noun en computing humorous dated The company that would result from the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft (the potential result of a merger proposed in the mid-2000s). en 18 February 2008 Sunit Arora; Arindam Mukherjee Knock Knock... MS Hoo Outlook 48 7 53 If it manages to win over Yahoo, the combined entity (already dubbed Microhoo on the Net) would be another behemoth, not only controlling e-mail and instant messenger (over 90 per cent share), but also standing significantly taller in the fight against Google. en 2008 Newsweek 151 Facing the Possibility of Microhoo! en 2008 Lawrence D'Oliveiro Microhoo prognostications nz.comp Yahoo's systems are based heavily on Open Source. If Microsoft keeps them that way, it will lose credibility with customers. en 2008 Matt [News] Ogg is Coming to Hundreds of Millions of PCs!! comp.os.linux.advocacy MS is desperate to find something new that others might play catchup to, with little success. Their approach has almost always been claim jumping ("A market without competition, isn't."). That is hardly working for them anymore (witness Zune, Microhoo). en 2011 unknown author Went back to 3.5 mozilla.feedback.firefox You made a really, really bad move getting in bed with microhoo, and it will cost you in the end. en Microsoft