If Mini-Microsoft is right, this will be a great opportunity for Seattle startups to grab some good minds out of the mothership. 
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One that sticks in my mind right now is how if we acquired Yahoo! - such a big company - we'd have to naturally have layoffs within Microsoft to accommodate it.
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Man, if I was in the Online Services Division I would be worried. Especially if Yahoo! did something my team did and did it well.
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Well, let's see a few things Yahoo does better: Upcoming, Flickr, Del.icio.us, MyBlogLog, HotJobs, Finance, Groups, Travel, ...
I like Yahoo Maps, but Virtual Earth is probably a bit ahead in technology, although Yahoo Maps has a lot of support options (AJAX, Flash, Static, etc.). The search guys have nothing to worry about because they will be the one dictating the rules. And Mail is a tie.