The software monopoly fears monopoly advertising. Without being able to convince a merger the direction of Yahoo, Microsoft Group has nevertheless decided to torpedo the agreement between Yahoo and Google in the sponsored links. “Never date in the history of advertising a single company could not control the prices of 90% of advertising on a single medium. Neither television nor radio, nor in publishing. This should not happen on the Internet, “said Brad Smith, Microsoft’s legal director, at a hearing in U.S. Senate. A statement which can smile when we know that Microsoft holds just over 90% market shares in operating systems. Anxious to free competition, the U.S. authorities could nevertheless be sensitive to its lobbying, trying to avoid turning the domination of Google in new monopoly…
Jul 19
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