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Microsoft's Outrage Over Google/Yahoo: Hypocrisy?
Several of our readers have suggested that Microsoft is suffering from a case of "pot calling the kettle black" by challenging the deal with claims that "If one company ... controls up to 90% of online search advertising, it will have a complete picture of your online activities." Did someone just throw down the Monopoly card? One reader recollected, "Anyone remember when Windows Media Player 8 was secretly sending Microsoft information on what you were playing?" For a company who has spent several years (and tons of cash) in courtrooms over antitrust, such public outcries aren't going to much to improve Microsoft's already tarnished image. And of course, there's the obvious reason why Microsoft would want to see the deal demonized. Contributor Paul McDougall points out "While Microsoft may be genuinely concerned about the privacy and competition implications of Yahoo's search deal with Google, it also has strategic reasons for hoping that the arrangement falters or is blocked by lawmakers." One commenter on the boards noted sarcastically, if the roles were reversed, and Microsoft was being accused of monopolizing, "what would their argument be then -- innovation?" |
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