{"id":90,"date":"2008-02-03T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T00:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.payne.org\/2008\/02\/03\/google-on-microsoft-yahoo-its-a-sport-of-kings-now\/"},"modified":"2008-02-03T20:21:34","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T00:21:34","slug":"google-on-microsoft-yahoo-its-a-sport-of-kings-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payne.org\/blog\/google-on-microsoft-yahoo-its-a-sport-of-kings-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Google on Microsoft-Yahoo, it’s a sport of kings now"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post<\/a> from Official Google Blog<\/a>, David Drummond writes:<\/p>\n

So Microsoft’s hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about more than simply a financial transaction, one company taking over another. It’s about preserving the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation.<\/em><\/p>\n

(from: Yahoo! and the future of the Internet<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I appreciate Google’s openness (certainly relative to Microsoft’s historical behavior) and innovation,\u00a0 I’m enthusiastically applauding any effort that challenges them.<\/p>\n

Google’s building an on-line position of dominance not unlike Microsoft’s off-line monopoly.\u00a0 And they’ve earned it:\u00a0 they’ve executed well, they have good technology, they’re incredibly profitable, they’re hiring the best people, and they’re investing heavily in R&D.<\/p>\n

But the system works best when there’s competition.\u00a0 Yahoo and Microsoft certainly each have their issues, but anything that’s a threat to Google’s dominance…..it’s all good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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