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Microsoft's Deal Needs Time to Digest

Stock quotes in this article: MSFT , GOOG , YHOO  

Microsoft(MSFT Quote) would do well to recall the ancient proverb: Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

The Redmond, Wash., software giant's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!(YHOO Quote) will face "enormous execution issues," if it succeeds, Directions on Microsoft analyst Jeff Parker said Friday. "My mind reels from the complexity."

But the move "shows how serious they are about competing with Google(GOOG Quote)," Parker added, speculating that Microsoft is trying to preclude Google from acquiring Yahoo!. ...

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