Microsoft buys Yahoo, Google is worried about the future of the Internet

Microsoft has plans to acquire the company Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars. The cost, which offers a software giant, a 62 % higher than the estimated promotional price at the close of exchange trading on Thursday.

A year ago, Microsoft has already performed a similar proposal, but received a firm refusal by the Board of Directors. During the last year things were Yahoo is not very good: the value of the shares has fallen over this period of nearly 30%, while the main competitor of the possible tandem - Google, only strengthened his position, despite some reduction in growth in the last quarter.

The main purpose of the transaction - improving the competitiveness of both companies in the advertising market online, the turnover which currently has about 40 billion dollars, and will almost double over the next 3 years.

Is otherwise, the situation was already reflected in the official blog of Google, the pages of which the company expresses its concern about the threat of the basic principles of the Internet - openness and innovation. The company raises the question of whether Microsoft will take the style of his ...

Given that, if the deal goes through, in the same hands will focus the main instant messengers, the most visited Internet resources, some of the biggest postal service, concerns about Google's monopoly does not unfounded.

... This is the core of our culture. We believe that the interests of Internet users - in the first place - and so it should be - so the impact of this acquisition, and all alternatives should be explored first, ...