You would not be surprised to realise that the recent MSN messenger incorporating Yahoo! a coincident eh?

In a rather surprising move but yet commercially positive move, Microsoft is buying out Yahoo! It is like Exxon Mobil buying Shell and BP. This move may prove to be good for both Microsoft and Yahoo! given that there should be a counter to the dominance of Google. Frankly speaking Google has a lot better social and community responsibility than the other two while the two Mr Googles are in helm. But if they were ever replaced by a commercialcentric person, Google could easily repeat what Microsoft had done in the late 90s.

Microsoft ain’t that bad given that Bill Gates have given most of what he has back via his own foundation, a move which had been echoed a few times over by the top ten tycoons in this world.

The internet world is an ever growing market. It is likely to get bigger. Google (thanks for the adsense income) has been the leader in search and a leader in online advertising. But like everything we do need an alternative to balance things out rather than let it be a monopoly so maybe this new merger might do us all good.