Explore…

Yeah, that sounds about right. Government won’t sit on the sidelines eh Michael? Sorry - but,

Hearing, explore, doesn’t mean they’ll DO anything, as per normal.

From your article and your comments earlier, it seems that you are against congressional hearing on the “state of competition” on the Internet.

I disagree, this is a VERY important part of our economy and where new innovations will drive the economy as we move more toward a much more web environment (webbased phones, tv, smart phones..etc). And we all know this business starts with the search market.

I think Google should be looked into more since they are buying up all sorts of startups that play important role in the emerging market. The internet is becoming more like the big telecommunications/railroad companies.

FYI, there is subcommittee devoted to this type of investigations…Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

“I love Google and think they’re great……

but as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

I have some great swamp land…er, mean ‘Waterfront’ property in Florida I’d love to sell you

What are you smoking? Who do you work for?

We’re in the mess in Iraq because of the US dependency on oil. If we can’t put Gas in our Tanks, the terrorists will win (or so Washington believes)

1. Google has stated that their goal is to have Google Revenues equal to 10% global GDP…hmmm….

2. Our military systems increasingly rely on a network of information.

3. The Google tried to buy radio spectrum to own this network…The Google is attempting to launch a network of hot air balloons to own this network..etc

4. The 2 Google boys are now in the top 5 or so richest people in the world…they are Russian….they control 2/3rds of the Google….hmmmm…..

What happens when we try to go to war next time…and the Russians, er I mean Sergy… control the communications network…..?

C’mon Mike….we know you can put 2 and 2 together and get 4….

Can’t you put 2 (#1) and 2 (#2) and 2 (#3) and 2 (#4) together and get 8?

I don’t think Congress should do too much interfering, but I do think light needs to be shined on this deal. Google is coming awful close to having too much influence. I love Google and think they’re great, but as the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

This could be coming from Microsoft, but it’s also likely one of the key somebody’s was probably AT&T. I saw their footprints at the beginning of the attack on Google-Double Click, with some of their usual stooges leading the way. I hear (unconfirmed) that AT&T was doing this to make Google pay a price for fighting for the open Internet.

Conyers is good on many things, and has opposed the telcos on some major issues. But one of AT&T’s key proxies on Google-DoubleClick isChicago Congressman Bobby Rush. The one time Black Panther a few years ago accepted a remarkable $1M donation to build the “Bobby L. Rush Center for Community Technology.” Rush was the only democrat to co-sponsor the last big pro-telco bill, etc.

Despite no visible previous support for privacy, Rush led the early attacks on Google-DoubleClick and has been the Congressional point man. Scott Cleland, another beneficiary of AT&T’s largesse, has spent an enormous amount of time on the Google attack. Some of the Washington astroturfers also jumped in.

A very small part of the story that should be told of how AT&T and Verizon are so powerful in government.

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It’s a pity tho that the rest of the world are ignored with this “who gets Yahoo” stories and decisions, when the Internet involves every living Internet soul (not just the US).

Anyway, I’ll side with Yahoo-Google or Yahoo-AOL or Yahoo-AOL-Google. Never to Yahoo-Microsoft.

hehehehe….

CJ, keep it in your pants, foo’!

… if we had a president with ovaries things like this wouldn’t happen.

I’ve got a hint for them on what to work on, though: something else. Or better yet: nothing at all. Dumbasses.

Quick question @Carl
In what way would a Microsoft acquisition be “a disaster for consumers”?

There are a million alternatives to all three. That they are not popular alternatives or better alternatives may be a clue that nobody has any real ‘monopoly’ power. The top dog continues to compete, continues to innovate, and continues to be the best. Or it may be a clue that people are dumb enough to believe that Congress is the proper forum to pick marketplace winners and losers.