Last week when MS bid for Yahoo! i was a not very keen in the news. Most of industry experts already had predicted this.

Then all of sudden, Google came out openly against this offer. I was a bit surprised with the kind of reaction Google gave. Specially when they said that “Microsoft’s hostile bid” will be “threat to openness and innovation”. Need i say how stupid it seems to me?

Google is already leading the market with 75% of market share (some say 62%, i am not sure whom to go with, but either way, thats clearly the 3 times the nearest competitor).

What made Google worry about this deal?
What i believe is that Google fears one thing, which is very likely if this deal goes through and that is the way MS is going to rise in the market. I mean, the tactics.

How about an ad supported free version of Microsoft Windows?
Windows is the most widely used operating system around the world. Most of the users who constitute Google’s 75% (or 62%, whatever, just consider it’s 3 times) market share are on MS Windows. If MS promotes free Windows, it will be like a double hit. One way that will be a big relief from piracy. The other way, it will incredibly boost ad revenues from search ads.

Yahoo is already leading banner ads markets. By acquiring Yahoo, MS will automatically lead in banner ads, and with free Windows, you can imagine how well MS might just knock off Google.

Well, it looks like a “threat to openness” now. But it is certainly not something for Google to say.

Dear Google, is that what makes you worry ?

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