Google Weighs in on Microsoft-Yahoo
Just in case anyone else is browsing around on a Sunday afternoon, here's a link to the official Google blog entry commenting on the potential impact of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal.
Posted a few hours ago by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, it's more or less what you might expect Google's position to be: The merger, Drummond says, is more than just another big corporate deal: it threatens "the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation."
Drummond references the Microsoft antitrust case, notes the huge combined Internet presence of the two companies, and poses the question: "Could a combination of the two take advantage of a PC software monopoly to unfairly limit the ability of consumers to freely access competitors' email, IM, and web-based services?"
Clearly such a merger would pose a major threat to Google as a business, and the alarmist tone of the comments might be a little over the top. But I don't think anyone wants to see fewer Internet titans competing and innovating. For more analysis on the week's big story, see my colleague Tom Spring's thoughts on the possible impact of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger and PCW Editor in Chief Harry McCracken's take on the deal.
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Lately, I have been reading more articles on Microsoft's numerous new directions and ventures then Vista articles...and certainly more than XP issues tha seem to be backburnered by the company despite, what I understand, to be rether strong sales. Remarkable for such an ancient OS. Considering the going price of XP which is often found to be higher than old Vista's, I find Gates & Co.'s conued arrogance and disregard foward its core base customers runing XP even more baffeling (and irratating).
I wonder, given the blacklash against Microsoft ; why doe this company continue turn a blind-eyeto what its customers are saying and demanding other than its own greed and culture of invincability. Substiation of this premise is reinforced lwith Microsoft news (pr) releases and well-constructed blogs that seem to be the work of seechwriters tha by the individual authoring the blog.
I thind we need to run the "CrapCleaner" utility on everything Microsoft !
Lately, I have been reading more articles on Microsoft's numerous new directions and ventures then Vista articles...and certainly more than XP issues tha seem to be backburnered by the company despite, what I understand, to be rether strong sales. Remarkable for such an ancient OS. Considering the going price of XP which is often found to be higher than old Vista's, I find Gates & Co.'s conued arrogance and disregard foward its core base customers runing XP even more baffeling (and irratating).
I wonder, given the blacklash against Microsoft ; why doe this company continue turn a blind-eyeto what its customers are saying and demanding other than its own greed and culture of invincability. Substiation of this premise is reinforced lwith Microsoft news (pr) releases and well-constructed blogs that seem to be the work of seechwriters tha by the individual authoring the blog.
I thind we need to run the "CrapCleaner" utility on everything Microsoft !