>In what POSSIBLE WAY does this "benefit" everyone? There are too few big competitors in search already. I don't understand this space well enough to have a me

>In what POSSIBLE WAY does this "benefit" everyone? There are too few big competitors in search already. I don't understand this space well enough to have a meaningful opinion, but I think some people feel that the only way Google will have any competition is if Microsoft and Yahoo team up. If that's true, I guess it could be a good thing.