Comments on: Antitrust lawsuits, revenue targets give Yahoo, Google a way out

Google and Yahoo may scuttle their search-ad deal if it doesn't meet financial targets or leads to antitrust litigation. A regulatory filing has all the gory details.

[The_Decider]

Google is a not a monopoly. They didn't get their share through illegal and deceptive practices like MS.

[PtarThanes]

It wouldn't matter how they acquired their share. It's irrelevant to the definition of monopoly, just like your allegation about Microsoft are irrelevant to this post.

[James7777777]

@The_Decider: "Google is a not a monopoly. They didn't get their share through illegal and deceptive practices like MS."

Look up the definition of a monopoly (a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller), google has as much a monopoly of search as microsoft does over operating systems.

[robvme]

Besides a really bad definition of monopoly, can you share exactly how you know how Google gets its business and what tactics they use? I am just curious how somone that doesn't work for the company could speak to the ethics and practices of any company.

[esamos]

Note to the The_Decider - Do you event understand what the word monopoly means? Don't make random comments unless you know the facts.

[Penguinisto]

I suspect the deal will go through (better than the MSFT-Yahoo one would, given MSFt's history of being convicted of monopolistic practices*) *note to the peanut gallery - there is a difference between being a monopoly (which is perfectly legal) and being convicted of monopolistic practices (which is not).

[Kwasiowusu]

I suspect Google is about the single most evil force on this planet right now. A Google-yahoo hookup is anti-consumer, monospolistic, and clearly not in the interest of fredom loving pe9ple anywhere. It should and wil be stiopped by the Justice depratment and the EU Commision.

[Kwasiowusu]

The_Decider huh?
Looks more like The_Igorant to me.
Why don't you check what the definition of a monopolist is, before you open your mouth?
Is Google a monpolist? You bet!
Is a Yahoo-Google hookup even more monopolistic? Oh yes!
It severely limits costumer choice, and locks in consumers to essentially just 2 companies, who are on cahoots.
As for Jerry Yang, he should be tried for criminal acts against the interests of Yahoo shareholders. That nasty, "nuts' employee severance poison pill that Jerry Yang put in, ranks right there with any tatics the mafia, Al Capone or John Gotti have come up with. Message to Jerry Yang : Yahoo doesn't belong to you. Yahoo belongs to Yahoo shareholders. Its irrelevant if Jerry Yang likes Microsoft or not. It's what sharholders want that counts. All those firemen and cops whose pension funds invested in Yahoo, and are being screwed seriosuly by Jerry Yang's criminal acts, should step up their law suits to make sure Jerry Yang is REMOVED forthwith from Yahoo's management, and faces strong criminal charges.