Who Will Join Microsoft in the Portal Wars?

madman writes "In the light of the recent changes in the search war, like the Google/Dell partnership and eBay/Yahoo! alliance, Microsoft is facing a complicated question: Who are they going to ally with? Will they try to face the competition alone?"

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Not trolling

[Mostly a lurker]

I think this is where Microsoft's prior behaviour comes back to haunt them. When Microsoft partners with anyone, it is (from their viewpoint) a short term marriage of convenience to be discarded the moment they think they can make a buck by shafting their "partner". If I had a valuable Internet property, the last thing I would consider is letting Microsoft get its fingers on it. You may think you have good lawyers, but Microsoft has played the game too long.

Been there, done that

[GigsVT]

Doesn't anyonre remember the last portal wars?

They were won by a company that didn't provide a portal, just a simple search service that let people find what they want.

People don't want a "portal"... they just want to find what they are looking for quickly.