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Google's Chief Legal Officer on Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo
- eusman 19y agoif Microsoft acquires Yahoo and ignores the users interest, then this is only going to benefit innovation. and complaining who? Google who has almost a monopoly on search.
- mathogre 19y agoI find it ironical that Google, who bowed to the totalitarian control of China, is concerned about a MS/Yahoo! monopoly. To me, Google would have more credibility if they chose to not do business in China. "It's about preserving the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation." Actually I think to Google it's about making a buck, and making sure the buck stops at Mountain View, not Redmond.
- ekanes 19y agoGiven that most folks think that the merger would be a failure, it's strange that Google would put out something that sounds positively scared. Google's reaction should be a confident, "Bring it on"
- eusman 19y agomaybe this is what they want them to think, that they are scared so that they do this merger. It's useless to read/analyse something you don't know who wrote it because it's impossible to understand the motives.
- gojomo 19y agoSure, the merger (like most) will probably fail. But why not increase the chances of failure even further with a little PR and regulatory FUD against the combination?