| Google may be #1 in search but not elsewhere.... Although Google is number 1 in search they aren't even close in email, IM and the type of content that Yahoo! provides.
I think allowing this merger is a clear mistake, it might provide better competition in search but it's NOT going to be good for everything else Yahoo! does. Frankly I like Yahoo! and I know Microsoft will f*ck Yahoo! up really badly with their branding and make the thing run on Silverlight because MS wants to sell it. Microsoft can't help but advertise and use their software all over the whole site and I'm sure they will make Firefox work badly with the site and use other aggressive means to extend their monopoly. Not only that but they will integrate their very anti-privacy tracking crap on Yahoo!. In general MS buying Yahoo! is a huge thumbs down for me. Even if the US approves it I hope the EU snowballs it. |
