Thank God for The State
Apparently Microsoft is attempting to buy Yahoo.
Such an acquisition, which would be Microsoft’s largest by far — it bought Aquantive last year for $6 billion — would need approval by US and EU authorities. A European Commission spokesman declined to comment.
Thank god this will be reviewed by the state. Who better to determine whether such an acquisition will benefit the consumer than the consum…errr…I mean politicians? I really doubt google would try and influence the consum…errr…I mean politicians with lobbyists. Its always amusing to find liberals opposed to lobbyists while at the same time support legislation that practically insures their survival.
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Wait, you mean you want american and european consumers to directly vote on whether to allow this acquisition? Awesome, I agree, sounds like a plan.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Then its agreed. Paying with your money is a suitable means for voting.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Even together they will only have half the market share that Google has for internet search. This is Microsoft’s last ditch effort to compete with Google, but unless they get much more creative, it will fail.