Re: Microsoft testifies Google-Yahoo "anti-competitive"

In article <4883c$487e6054$11150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Crab Apple" <crab@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-424500.13474016072008@xxxxxxxxxxx
In article <634e4$487e4109$8237@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Crab Apple" <crab@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-F844F3.11235216072008@xxxxxxxxxxx
In article <8e8f9$487e3be6$3599@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Crab Apple" <crab@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-744D56.11124916072008@xxxxxxxxxxx
In article <6abb3$487e38d1$888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Crab Apple" <crab@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-0725F7.10395916072008@xxxxxxxxxxx
In article <1e5d0$487e31b8$26918@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Crab Apple" <crab@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-8EC3D1.10013216072008@xxxxxxxxxxx
In article <ef0ee$487e09da$17961@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Crab Apple" <crab@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Craig Koller" <cwkollertwo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:cwkollertwo-FB12A8.14170315072008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article
<t-bone-5EA176.22534015072008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Chance Furlong <t-bone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From Electronista:

http://tinyurl.com/5o5er7

Looks like Crybaby Microskank is having a hissy fit over
Yahoo
supporting ads on Google. Microskank's legal counsel Brad
Smith
is
such
a whiny assed girlie bitch.

Cuss and discuss, folks, especially all ye Windroids.
Let's
see
who
can
be the biggest crybaby bitches.

Microsoft testifies Google-Yahoo "anti-competitive"

Tuesday, July 15th

Microsoft today argued that US House and Senate Judiciary
Committees
that the proposed Google/Yahoo deal, claiming that Yahoo's
agreement
to
support ads through a non-exclusive deal is
anti-competitive
and
would
allegedly hurt innovation. The legal counsel for
Microsoft,
Brad
Smith,
expresses fears that Google would control as much as 90
percent
of
online advertising, allowing it to dictate prices and
force
companies
to
advertise through it for proper exposure. He also warns
that
Google
could potentially have a monopoly on Internet services.

"If search is the gateway to the Internet, and most
believe
that
it
is,
this deal will put Google in a position to own that
gateway
and
the
information that flows through it," Smith claims.

If Windows is the gateway to the Internet for 90% of users,
one
can
easily argue that Microsoft is in the same position as
Google/Yahoo.
Maybe if MS was willing to give up its stranglehold, it
might
have
more
credibility in trying to get Google/Yahoo to give up
theirs.

I can buy a different operating system any time I want. I
can
even
get
different operating systems for free. Likewise I can buy or
get
for
free
Web browsers and lots of different applications that don't
come
from
M$.

How do I get the Internet to install a different major search
engine
any
time I want?

You can use a different search engine anytime you want...

Which other search engines get the results of either Yahoo or
Google?

Your earlier example of operating systems didn't guaranteed equal
outcomes: just additional choices.

IOW, you believe Mac OSX, and all other operating systems, are
inferior
choices to Windows?

Nope. I said nothing of the kind.

You said other operating systems, which includes Mac OSX, can't
guarantee
equal outcomes to Windows. What else does that make them besides
inferior
to Windows?

Better, of course. "Not equal" doesn't mean "less".

Since there are better choices than Windows, you're left with coming up
with
a better choice than Yahoo or Google to search the Web.

No, I'm not.

You have to if your arguments are going to start making any sense.

LOL

No, I don't.


I'm not saying that Google isn't the best choice. Just that being the
best doesn't make one "anti-competitive".

Making a deal with Yahoo to control most of the Internet has nothing to do
with being "the best." Nor does it have anything to do with Microsoft's
position in the OS market.

I'm not arguing that this deal doesn't have potential anti-competitive
implications, just that your argument is flawed.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Microsoft testifies Google-Yahoo "anti-competitive"
    ... supporting ads on Google. ... If Windows is the gateway to the Internet ... Your earlier example of operating systems didn't ... That leaves you with needing to show another search engine that's ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: Microsoft testifies Google-Yahoo "anti-competitive"
    ... supporting ads on Google. ... If Windows is the gateway to the Internet ... Your earlier example of operating systems didn't ... That leaves you with needing to show another search engine that's ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: SLOWWWW SEARCH WITH GOOGLE AND YAHOO!
    ... > If i do a search thru google or yahoo it hangs. ... your hosts files so you would have to go to an Evil Search Site. ... you'll get a Windows dialog box saying ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • http://snofreh19.007gb.com/msn-plus2a/map.html msn plus log hacking
    ... http://snofreh15.007gb.com/yahoo-chd0/harlerediase.html cards yahoo ... http://snofreh15.007gb.com/yahoo-chd0/fangati.html msn mesenger 7 o ... http://snofreh15.007gb.com/yahoo-chd0/vesthask.html google calendar ... http://snofreh15.007gb.com/yahoo-chd0/rin.html msn instant messenger ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Set Common Voice Abroad
    ... Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Set Common Voice Abroad ... Principles Aim to Define Conduct With Nations That Restrict Speech, ... Lack Privacy Protections and Censor Search Results ...
    (soc.culture.romanian)