Google: Microsoft’s bid 'unnerving'
By Erina Lin, Friday 22 February 2008 at 22:54 :: General :: #1310 :: rss
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin called Microsoft's bid for Yahoo an "unnerving" maneuver that threatens Internet innovation, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
Brin reiterated the company’s position that a merger could violate antitrust laws and harm Internet users, after an event at the company's headquarters.
"The Internet has evolved from open standards, having a diversity of companies. And when you start to have companies that control the operating system, control the browsers, they really tie up the top Web sites, and can be used to manipulate stuff in various ways. I think that's unnerving," Brin told the AP after the event.
Shortly after Microsoft announced the US$44.6 billion offer for Yahoo earlier this month, David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, said in a company blog posting that “a merger between companies that control the Internet's two most heavily trafficked Web portals could lead to abuses.” He added that it may limit users' ability to easily access competing products, including e-mail, instant messaging, or Web-based services such as those Google offers, according to the AP report, posted by MediaInfoCenter.
Microsoft replied that it is committed to protecting innovation on the Internet, and said the deal would allow Google to become even more dominant on the Internet than it already is, MediaInfoCenter reported.
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