NEWSLETTER
RSS
MOBILE
HELP
SHARE
Email Confirmation
Down the Rabbit Hole with MicroYahooGle
by Laura Rich
Jul 15, 2008
Jul 15, 2008
Sam Gustin felt like today's Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing over Yahoo's proposed search partnership with Google was an exercise in virtual reality. It just depends on whose reality you'd like to believe.
As expected, Microsoft blasted the proposal, with general counsel Brad Smith saying the deal would hand over unprecedented market power to Google.
"If search is the gateway to the internet, and most believe that it is, this deal will put Google in a position to own that gateway and the information that flows through it," Smith told senators.
Needless to say, the image of a top Microsoft official raising the anti-competitive bogeyman ...
As expected, Microsoft blasted the proposal, with general counsel Brad Smith saying the deal would hand over unprecedented market power to Google.
"If search is the gateway to the internet, and most believe that it is, this deal will put Google in a position to own that gateway and the information that flows through it," Smith told senators.
Needless to say, the image of a top Microsoft official raising the anti-competitive bogeyman ...
Mobile