Yahoo + Microsoft = -Google
Published on 1 Feb 2008 at 5:22 am.
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Engadget has reported that Microsoft has officially bid on Yahoo, and Microsoft confirms it as well.
I’d really rather skip the anti-Google rhetoric and the anti-Microsoft rhetoric too. Oddly, I don’t know of any reason to be against Yahoo, except that YIM crashes a lot.
But we are looking at something that may eventually be a major turning point in online services, or it may not matter. Right now it seems big. I’m not so sure it will count for shit in a hundred year though.
Let’s talk about now. Google has been on it’s “do no evil” mantra for years. However, it slips. I remember a year, or two, back when Google made an agreement with the Chinese government to censor some Google search results.
Most recently, one of Google’s free apps, an RSS client from what I understand, started spewing out private user data due to a policy change.
[Update] I am waiting for more informed information on the two prior topics. That information will go here.
And Microsoft. Gee, shit. Has Microsoft really denied being an uncaring corporate entity? Has Yahoo! for that matter?
The way I see it is that a common enemy creates a friend indeed (Gimme the quote, Gruber?) Both Microsoft and Yahoo have an enemy in Google. But here we have two giants with a similar goal “win by being better.” While neither alone may be better, they’re fighting an enemy whose goal is “win by doing higher math, oh, and, being bigger.” It’s not hard to be better when you’re yahoo and microsoft. And, I look forward to it.
