Microsoft calls out the anti-trust dogs on Google
In a move that could be called ‘not not hypocritical,’ Microsoft has stated that Google’s recent acquisition of DoubleClick opens the door to monopoly in the web-based click-thru advertising industry. Microsoft alleges that Google’s purchase would hurt competition, an interesting standpoint for a company that itself tried to purchase DoubleClick.
No doubt, had Yahoo! or Microsoft been the successful high bidder, we’d be hearing nothing about this. In fact, if DoubleClick was such a prize, why didn’t companies like Yahoo! outbid Google to ensure that they’d have that tasty slice of the internet marketing pie? It seems slightly fishy that something so valuable, which was so recently on the open market, could have been so easily taken from under a company like Microsoft’s nose. Perhaps patching Vista has sucked away all of Microsoft’s operating capital?
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