Well, that's quite a subjective opinion -- and somewhat like comparing apples and oranges. You're talking about after the fact and leveraging a monopoly in the marketplace rather than furthering one with an acquisition. While Microsoft did only get a wrap on the wrist in terms of the DOJ -- in some cases were not allowed to acquire certain companies. Take Intuit for instance in the personal finance space that was stopped in 1995.
My guess is this ends up like PeopleSoft / Oracle. A fight will be put up, but in the end Microsoft will prevail.
Just because we quote someone else, does not make it so. Yahoo! has been trying to reverse the trend the last 4 years. Jerry Yang has been back for almost 2. At some point you really need to shake things up. This is the best shot Yahoo! has, like it or not.
Whether or not Yahoo! knows it -- they need Microsoft. They've been bleeding the last several years with missteps and delays with Panama. Let me see if the DOJ would approve a deal that would give a 90%+ search engine monopoly to Google. Doubt it. Microsoft like it or not is the best option for Yahoo!
User experience says it all. There were no where near the shouts from the sky when the Blackberry 8800 was originally released only on AT&T (Cingular). The fact is that the user experience is so good, so many people want them. Still, Apple is a business and is free to make the choices on what's best for their users (unlimited, easy data plans) and them (revenue share).
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Well, that's quite a subjective opinion -- and somewhat like comparing apples and oranges. You're talking about after the fact and leveraging a monopoly in the marketplace rather than furthering one with an acquisition. While Microsoft did only get a wrap on the wrist in terms of the DOJ -- in some cases were not allowed to acquire certain companies. Take Intuit for instance in the personal finance space that was stopped in 1995. My guess is this ends up like PeopleSoft / Oracle. A fight will be put up, but in the end Microsoft will prevail.
Just because we quote someone else, does not make it so. Yahoo! has been trying to reverse the trend the last 4 years. Jerry Yang has been back for almost 2. At some point you really need to shake things up. This is the best shot Yahoo! has, like it or not.
Whether or not Yahoo! knows it -- they need Microsoft. They've been bleeding the last several years with missteps and delays with Panama. Let me see if the DOJ would approve a deal that would give a 90%+ search engine monopoly to Google. Doubt it. Microsoft like it or not is the best option for Yahoo!
User experience says it all. There were no where near the shouts from the sky when the Blackberry 8800 was originally released only on AT&T (Cingular). The fact is that the user experience is so good, so many people want them. Still, Apple is a business and is free to make the choices on what's best for their users (unlimited, easy data plans) and them (revenue share).