Busy building walls

4 February 2008 By Robert Cyran Follow @rob_cyran

The search giant is trying to frustrate Microsoft’s $45bn Yahoo bid in an effort to preserve the status quo: two wimpy rivals. But forcing Microsoft to pay more and choke on integrating Yahoo wouldn t be a bad outcome either.

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Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt called Yahoo's chief executive Jerry Yang to offer his company's help in fighting off Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn bid for Yahoo according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, stated on a company blog that the MicrosoftYahoo deal would pose threats to competition. Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC?

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