So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner?
Yeah, not too happy about it. And it's going to do all that it can to thwart the deal. "We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competition than Google's deal with Yahoo in 2008 that the DOJ found to be illegal," the company said in a statement issued Friday afternoon.
Not all that surprising given the situation and Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith's lambasting of the deal last week. "This agreement is even more anti-competitive than Google's deal with Yahoo in the United States and Canada that the Department of Justice found to be illegal," he said.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20012265-93.html
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Yeah, not too happy about it. And it's going to do all that it can to thwart the deal. "We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competition than Google's deal with Yahoo in 2008 that the DOJ found to be illegal," the company said in a statement issued Friday afternoon.
Not all that surprising given the situation and Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith's lambasting of the deal last week. "This agreement is even more anti-competitive than Google's deal with Yahoo in the United States and Canada that the Department of Justice found to be illegal," he said.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20012265-93.html
