There would be few benefits in Microsoft rushing to integrate its technology platform with that of Yahoo!'s if its takeover bid is successful, it has been claimed.Speaking to the Financial Times, Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft, said that there are several barriers in the way of speedily merging the two firms' operations in this way, citing Yahoo!'s wide range of technologies and its corporate culture.
"Technology companies, if they dive in and just smash things together for smashing them together's sake, it's reckless," he remarked.
The comments came after Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said at the MIX conference last week that the firm would talk to Yahoo! after a final deal about the possible integration of the two companies' services.
"It won't make sense to have two search services, two advertising services, two mail services, and we'll have to sort some of that through," he explained, adding: "Some of that technology undoubtedly will come from the Microsoft side, some will undoubtedly come from the Yahoo! side."
Meanwhile, Yu Sasamoto, the head of Microsoft's online division in Japan, recently claimed that if the company's bid to buy Yahoo! fails, the firm will still attempt to expand by making a significant investment in its online operations, Dow Jones reports.
He added that the bid is in itself an indicator of the great importance that Microsoft places on its online activities and hinted that a major announcement regarding investment in the Japanese online division will be made in the next six months.
