Google Co-Founder Calls Microsoft’s Bid For Yahoo ‘Unnerving’
Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin called Microsoft Corp.’s takeover bid for Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) an “unnerving” maneuver that threatens innovation on the Internet.
Brin reiterated the Internet search leader’s position that a merger could violate antitrust laws and harm Internet users.
“The Internet has evolved from open standards, having a diversity of companies,” Brin told the Associated Press after the event. “And when you start to have companies that control the operating system, control the browsers, they really tie up the top Web sites, and can be used to manipulate stuff in various ways. I think that’s unnerving.”
Source: Dow Jones NewsWires
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