As I ponder the Microsoft/Yahoo! issue a bit more, what strikes me is Microsoft's arrogance. No, that's nothing new. But it's the corporate mindset that says 'We have to dominate online search'. Why? Why does Microsoft feel they have to dominate every software category that has ever existed, online and off? Why is it that nobody else can make a profit in the tech industry, without Microsoft threatening to take the ball away from them?

Google may make bold statements, the same way Netscape once made bold statements, but the fact of the matter is that Google is doing nothing to threaten Microsoft's business. McSoft's worst enemy is themselves and their arrogance. Get rid of that, and a tech industry could flourish - one where everybody can make new products and create markets and grow the industry as a whole. As it is today, you live in constant fear of being successful, because if you actually make money, you'll be in McSoft's laser sights and they'll stop at nothing to wipe you off the face of the earth. It's difficult for anybody to thrive under that kind of pressure.