Comments on: Yahoogle?: Microsoft Will "Let Loose the Dogs of War" http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal: The Legal Work Begins | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-15217 Microsoft-Yahoo Deal: The Legal Work Begins | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:23:44 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-15217 [...] tactics would entail less direct statements and more pointing out the discrepancies between what Microsoft said when Google tried to get approval for a search deal with Yahoo last year and what it argues [...] [...] tactics would entail less direct statements and more pointing out the discrepancies between what Microsoft said when Google tried to get approval for a search deal with Yahoo last year and what it argues [...]

]]> By: Step by Steps » Blog Archive » Yahoo Opens a Google AdSense Account http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3893 Step by Steps » Blog Archive » Yahoo Opens a Google AdSense Account Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:51:52 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3893 [...] so many anti-trust machinations in the past, were to use anti-competitive issues as a cudgel with which to beat Yahoo into accepting a low-ball [...] [...] so many anti-trust machinations in the past, were to use anti-competitive issues as a cudgel with which to beat Yahoo into accepting a low-ball [...]

]]> By: Piper Burnette http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3313 Piper Burnette Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:02:38 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3313 "As I have written again and again, such a partnership–however small it is painted by the companies–is a dangerous and unwelcome development for the Internet." Dangerous? You make it sound like we are living in George Orwell's 1984 and Google is Big Brother...I think a Google-Yahoo partnership is long overdue. As a consumer, I want convenience, I want my Google Talk and to be compatible with my friends' Yahoo IM. Who cares about the implied implications for advertisers. Whatever argument they try to make about "less advertiser choice" leading to higher pricers for consumers is a load of bull. Whether a click costs $0.50 or $0.75 has nothing to do with the supply and demand of products (econ 101), or, subsequently, their price. What's so scary about a domineering Google? Maybe they'll follow my IP address everywhere it goes? Sounds like fun... 1984 was bad, not because Big Brother was always watching, but because Big Brother was controlling....Google doesn't make me use its search engine, it just happens to have the best technology. You can't blame Yahoo for wanting to get in on that. And really, their advertisers should be happy about the upgrade. “As I have written again and again, such a partnership–however small it is painted by the companies–is a dangerous and unwelcome development for the Internet.”

Dangerous? You make it sound like we are living in George Orwell’s 1984 and Google is Big Brother…I think a Google-Yahoo partnership is long overdue. As a consumer, I want convenience, I want my Google Talk and to be compatible with my friends’ Yahoo IM. Who cares about the implied implications for advertisers. Whatever argument they try to make about “less advertiser choice” leading to higher pricers for consumers is a load of bull. Whether a click costs $0.50 or $0.75 has nothing to do with the supply and demand of products (econ 101), or, subsequently, their price.
What’s so scary about a domineering Google? Maybe they’ll follow my IP address everywhere it goes? Sounds like fun…
1984 was bad, not because Big Brother was always watching, but because Big Brother was controlling….Google doesn’t make me use its search engine, it just happens to have the best technology. You can’t blame Yahoo for wanting to get in on that. And really, their advertisers should be happy about the upgrade.

]]> By: dave mcclure http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3312 dave mcclure Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:52:42 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3312 <i>"let *loose*" ?!?</i> pls, don't let that nameless MSFTer butcher the quote. <b><i>"Cry Havoc! and let SLIP the dogs of war..."</i></b> http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/105600.html “let *loose*” ?!?

pls, don’t let that nameless MSFTer butcher the quote.

“Cry Havoc! and let SLIP the dogs of war…”

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/105600.html

]]> By: Alan Sanders http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3309 Alan Sanders Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:00:29 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080612/yahoogle-microsoft-will-let-loose-the-dogs-of-war/#comment-3309 Personally, I like "Goohoo" better. Personally, I like “Goohoo” better.

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