Harplessblog
Opinions of an inexperienced techy!
Monday 4 February 2008, 11:02 PM
Google to Yahoo: We're in your corner!
For years Yahoo and Google have competed fearsly in every corner; search engine wars, email, social networks, advertisers etc.. You'd think that Yahoo's demise would be welcomed with open arms at Google, but not if it's in the form of a Microsoft takeover.
It turns out Google is not too fond of the idea, so much so that they're willing to help Yahoo fight off Microsoft.
According to The Wall Street Journal; " Chief Executive Eric Schmidt called Yahoo Inc. CEO Jerry Yang to offer his company's help in any effort to thwart Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo..."
Google have also expressed their concerns publically, in a blog post titled; Yahoo and the future of the internet, Google Senior VP David Drummond asks some interesting questions:
"Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC?"
"Could the acquisition of Yahoo! allow Microsoft -- despite its legacy of serious legal and regulatory offenses -- to extend unfair practices from browsers and operating systems to the Internet?"
This could be interesting!
PreviousComments on this post
Harpless...good post!
However, if I were Google I wouldn't give a hoot about the merger. In fact Google's own concern worries more more than the potential of the MS/ Yahoo! colossus. In fact, it may be time that the BIG G had some real competition. Even so, any merging of the two giants will take an enormous amount of time and distract them both from the main game while Google can get on with their own evolution. Distraction in this instance could also be a boon for many other players in the market. The thing that would be of real, true concern is if MS were to start acquiring other pieces of the jigsaw puzzle such as Intel, HP, Dell, Oracle, Sony et al.
I for one can't see what the fuss is all about. Sure, it's obvious MS is looking to fuse Yahoo! to its windows environment. Big deal! I say, let them eat cake! The opportunities for the smaller players and unknown start-ups is still as yet unrealised. There are so many examples of newcomers to the game that prove there are cracks in the system.
TFD
