Did Microsoft dodge a bullet?

[AsGryffynn]

Kerotan said:

I see they offered close to $50 BILLION a few years ago to buy yahoo.  But their offer was turned down. Yahoo was recently sold for almost $5 BILLION.  

 

So I ask,  if Microsoft bought them for $50BN would yahoo's value have dramatically dropped and it would have been a terrible deal,  or would Microsoft have kept yahoo as a top player in the game?

 

Did Microsoft unintentionally dodge a bullet? 

Both. MS might have saved them, but no one knows. Yahoo is shit though, hence their rejection actually spared MS the hassle of having to bail them out...