VoxxMail > 3 reasons why Microsoft should buy eBay

[Thatedeguy] I touched upon it a little at SuperGeekBlog last week when it broke, but there have been rumors flying around lately about Microsoft being in talks with eBay about a potential buyout.  While I’m sure that there are plenty of people out there that can think of why this shouldn’t happen, I see 3 reasons why it would make sense for Microsoft. Paypal.  Microsoft’s Passport services went over like a lead balloon.  Integrating paypal payments and ebay feedback into the passport service could lend the added value to Passport to make it worth while to use.  Also, the ability to have your Passport/eBay feedback universally available at any website could add a lot of usage to the system.

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