Tuesday 5 February 2008

Microsoft, Yahoo and Google

The news is old already, and yet there's lots of interest in the news that Microsoft has bid for Yahoo. It's going to take at least a year before this actually happens (if it does), but the impact on the web landscape will be significant.
To that extent, Google has decided to claim that the move may limit competition. of course, this is Google's right. Just like it's Microsoft's right to make the bid in the first place, and up to the Yahoo board and shareholders to decide whether to accept it.
However, it seems a bit ludicrous that Google can still call Microsoft evil. Google has as much, if not much more power in the Internet space than Microsoft, so the move will possibly create a decent competitor for Google. Now is not the time for them to run home crying to mummy, but rather to make sure they have their plans in place.
The Internet is once again becoming a REALLY interesting place....

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