What Microsoft can buy for $45 Billion?

Some say Microsoft is wasting its money buying Yahoo. Now that it has formally backed out of the deal, may be looking the other way for acquisitions may be in order. Let’s look at what Microsoft can get off of their $45PHP 2,641INR 3,814EUR 43CNY 328 billion budget.

We looked at today’s stock prices and checked on each market capitalization from listed tech companies.

Sun Microsystems – $10.02PHP 588INR 849EUR 10CNY 73 billion
Seagate Technology – $9.43PHP 553INR 799EUR 9CNY 69 billion
Lenovo – $7.24PHP 425INR 614EUR 7CNY 53 billion
Akamai Technologies – $5.84PHP 343INR 495EUR 6CNY 43 billion
AMD – $3.73PHP 219INR 316EUR 4CNY 27 billion
Convergys – $2.88PHP 169INR 244EUR 3CNY 21 billion
ValueClick – $1.94PHP 114INR 164EUR 2CNY 14 billion
Sina – $2.56PHP 150INR 217EUR 2CNY 19 billion

Total : $43.64PHP 2,561INR 3,698EUR 42CNY 318 billion

For less than $45PHP 2,641INR 3,814EUR 43CNY 328 billion, Microsoft can buy an enterprise company, a storage company, a PC manufacturer, a chipmaker, and the biggest call center in the world.

On top of that, they also get the Chinese online media company Sina, giving them a good foothold of China. With ValueClick, they get their boost in online marketing. Add to that pack Akamai which is rock-solid on leading edge content delivery on the internet.

If you were Microsoft and you had $45PHP 2,641INR 3,814EUR 43CNY 328 billion, which tech companies would you buy instead of Yahoo?