Yahoo doesn't have to put R&D into search development: there is a nice 800 pound gorilla that is going to do it anyway because that is the temperament of Microsoft.
Microsoft gets some revenue it wasn't going to get because it has such a small market share.
MSFT gets to double their bragging, er market share, yahoo gets money and gets to lay off search developers who weren't keeping up with google and msft anyways.
Can any good come of this? (Score:1)
How will the end user benefit from this at all?
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Yahoo doesn't have to put R&D into search development: there is a nice 800 pound gorilla that is going to do it anyway because that is the temperament of Microsoft.
Microsoft gets some revenue it wasn't going to get because it has such a small market share.
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Well, Bing is quite a bit better a search engine than Yahoo, so the end users win there.
Yahoo gets to line their pockets in what has been a pretty rough economy.
Microsoft gets to stick it to Google and gets access to the elusive Asian market which Yahoo has a large presence in.
Governments around the world get to use this as fodder to extort^H^H^H^H^H^H^H fine Microsoft for millions.
Google gets to wipe its tears with the mega-billions it has made and whimper, "Woe is us."
That about sums it up, thanks for pla
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end users rarely benefit from this kind of deal.
MSFT gets to double their bragging, er market share, yahoo gets money and gets to lay off search developers who weren't keeping up with google and msft anyways.
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