Yahoo May Re-Consider Google Alliance, Rebuff Microsoft - Slashdot- About: BuildingWebsiteNews

Microsoft has been making overtures to Yahoo since 2006, according to the CNet article, including a buyout offer last February that was rebuffed. The interesting thing is going to be whether Google successfully monetizes technological forays outside their core competence. They'd have vast resources of hardware and user accounts at their dispense - two things that Google especially wouldn't mind having. They also have a rather solid set of services that 1) doesn't require Windows or a Passport Account, and 2) is relatively uncluttered and straightforward when compared to MSN. The reason tech people don't worry about a Google monopoly is we realize Google is not and can not be a monopoly , because the markets Google operates in have low barriers to entry. Yes, techies trust Google more than they trust Microsoft, but trust in Google is not necessary to realize that Google simply can't acquire monopoly power the way Microsoft did. read more

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