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Battle of the Tech Titans

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-this-corner dept.

garzpacho writes "BusinessWeek has a look at the big tech alliances that have been announced recently. From the article: 'In the war for dominance of the Net, May 25 turned out to be a big day for alliance making... The pairings highlight the importance the fast-growing, $12.5 billion Internet ad market and the race to get in front of as many Web surfers as possible. The alliance with eBay gives Yahoo a way to narrow a lead by Google in generating advertising sales. Paring with Dell, meantime, helps Google muscle in on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop. These alliances are predicated as a response to a looming threat...'"

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  1. So it's... by eviloverlordx · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...YaBay vs. Doogle vs. Microsoft. Normally, three-ways excite me, but not this time...

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  2. The Empire by Xentor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me, or did the ending of the blurb remind anyone else of the text at the beginning of Star Wars?

    I started humming the empire music...

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  3. Welcome tiered PCs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This just in... Google loads itself on PCs.. and starts charging ISPs for the right to have customers with Dells connect to it.

  4. Sooo.... by blackbeaktux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google: Will you marry me?
    Dell: But it's so sudden.... I love your earnings and advertising potential, but how do I know it not just my desktop you're after?
    Google: I understand your fears, baby, but here's a wad of cash to smooth things over. And a prenup drafted just so our breakup won't be so bloody.
    Dell: Wait, you're not interested in making and nurturing a family with me? And you're already thinking of our divorce?
    Google: Weren't you?
    Dell: Actually, I was. Sorry. Aww, you came ready with the prenup, how nice of you. Let me run it by legal first.
    Google: Sure baby. [mutters] You're goin' down, Bill Microsoft.
    Dell: [mutters] Our kids would've been hideous. Might as well take the money and run.

    I was watching soap yesterday, involuntarily. Spare me.

  5. Re: Sad really by 0110011001110101 · · Score: 2, Funny
    business model??? who cares?? Your parent post was following the /. joke model for karma whoring success. Yours however, was sadly lacking the ??? step, making it less mod-friendly.

    I salute your attempt, but here people just want to laugh at the same tired jokes over and over again so please, please, stop posting and trying to raise the bar.

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