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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:29 PM
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Default Google Buys YouTube
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...e/article.html


$1.65 billion
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:38 PM
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thats a lot of cash......I think its a bad thing, Google is going to be another AT&T (for the old people like you gumbie) or Microsoft for the younger people.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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This better not mean that YouTube is getting rid of its music video collection; I bet Google is a lot more cooperative with the record companies than the old YouTube.
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by petraman
This better not mean that YouTube is getting rid of its music video collection; I bet Google is a lot more cooperative with the record companies than the old YouTube.
if you read the article you tube is still being allowed to operate indepentantly so I doubt much will change
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:37 PM
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if youtube is 1.6 mil... what is google worth
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
if youtube is 1.6 mil... what is google worth
1.6 BILLION, my friend
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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A LOT! I wish I could have gotten that stock back when they started up...
http://finance.google.com/finance?fstype=ii&cid=694653
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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if youtube is 1.6 mil... what is google worth
1.6 BILLION, my friend
wow.. money doesnt even mean anything after that much
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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You could have yourself a fleet of pimp-*** Bonnevilles...
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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You could have yourself a fleet of pimp-A$$ Bonnevilles...
Anyone with 1.6 Billion, better be buying a bonnie as their "cheap, not a celeb" car...
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