Comments on: How the 'Yahoogle' talks with feds fell apart

Sources say trustbusters took an increasingly hard line with Yahoo and Google in the past two to three weeks, causing their proposed ad deal to become unpalatable.

[gerrrg]

I prefer to think of it as the failure of a future Googoo.

Google doesn't need Yahoo, but Yahoo needs a white knight...too bad they didn't take the previous offers from Microsoft.

[annoyingpractice]

My guess is that google couldn't find a customer (an advertiser who spent significant money) who favored the deal. That's what you get when you squeeze your customers...

[as901]

Let me get this right. The Justice folks OK ATT and Pacbell coming back together as a total monopoly of the West Coast. They allow Edison to be non regulated as a monopoly. They allow Murdock to take over much of the communications companies, but the Google-Yahoo ad deal is "not OK"?

What kind of drugs are these people on? If they want to protect us from monopolies, they need to take a good look at the oil market, food market and utilities. All the above have been price fixing.

Mark Heinemann

[as901]

Every partner Microsoft has taken on has lost. When Microsoft offers a deal, Microsoft wins. It is not too bad they did not take the offer from Microsoft. Microsoft has killed much of it's competition, but we the public are the real losers. That is why I use Linux. Of course having a stable computer is also a major factor in using Linux! As to the many who fear Linux and prefer system crashes and constant broken promises of a more "stable program" next time, enjoy the disappointment and crashes. I will stick to Linux!

Mark Heinemann

[aintnorainbowdorothy]

Mark, I use Vista Ultimate on both my Desktop and Laptop. Not a single crash, even with all the Beta's I have on them. Seems to me that people who have problems with Vista are behind on the learning curve. Do something totally wrong and bingo, crash or BSOD, whichever you prefer. Or maybe it's because I'm somewhat computer savvy, only 41 years using them. Yes the days of Punch Cards and nothing but Big Iron to today's computers. Or maybe it's because I never buy something off the shelf and then have to spend a day or so taking all the crapware off the computer. I use white box computers and they are pretty powerful, built by Alienware and having nothng on them but Bios info and Alienware info as to what's installed. Incidentially, the machines are not used for gaming, but rather for business and Beta testing.