Comments on: Google on Microsoft-Yahoo http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/ Online economics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Chris Meisenzahl http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2772 Chris Meisenzahl Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:17:11 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2772 Sounds like little more than rent-seeking behavior to me. Sounds like little more than rent-seeking behavior to me.

]]> By: aaron http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2767 aaron Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:03:16 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2767 Curt: Sorry you had trouble with the captcha. I've noticed that they're a little slow sometimes and I might change to a different method. As you can see all your comments did actually show up in the end. It's too difficult for me to say whether MS-Yahoo will increase or decrease competition (I didn't actually say that it will hurt consumers, only that it could). As you said if there are strong synergies then good things can happen. Curt: Sorry you had trouble with the captcha. I’ve noticed that they’re a little slow sometimes and I might change to a different method. As you can see all your comments did actually show up in the end.

It’s too difficult for me to say whether MS-Yahoo will increase or decrease competition (I didn’t actually say that it will hurt consumers, only that it could). As you said if there are strong synergies then good things can happen.

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2766 Curt Monash Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:07:56 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2766 I guess you really don't want an intelligent comment, or else you'd get captchas that work. http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/ says you're wrong, and I'm getting terser each time you erase my comment on a repost. I guess you really don’t want an intelligent comment, or else you’d get captchas that work.

http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/ says you’re wrong, and I’m getting terser each time you erase my comment on a repost.

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2764 Curt Monash Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:06:57 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2764 Crumb! Your captcha ate my comment! http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/ says the deal could spur innovation big time, not hurt it, and I'm sorry for the crude wording on the rewrite, but you should fix your blog software if you don't like it. CAM Crumb! Your captcha ate my comment!

http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/ says the deal could spur innovation big time, not hurt it, and I’m sorry for the crude wording on the rewrite, but you should fix your blog software if you don’t like it.

CAM

]]> By: Curt Monash http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2763 Curt Monash Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:05:50 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/google-on-microsoft-yahoo/#comment-2763 Actually, as outlined in http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/ , the deal could herald a strong INCREASE in innovation. CAM Actually, as outlined in http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/ , the deal could herald a strong INCREASE in innovation.

CAM

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