When Microsoft decided to put its hand on Yahoo, Google did not see this alliance in a good light and decided to help its old competitor by giving it access to its technologies being used to tap into advertising income.
If this made it possible for Yahoo to stand firm, it also started an investigation by the American government into a possible violation under the anti-monopoly act.
The investigation will take a good time, but whatever is the result, it puts Yahoo in an uncomfortable position to make a deal with Microsoft.
It will be noted that MS also suffered from this fallen through purchase (all at least for the moment), certain analysts y having seen the incapacity of MS to conquer the Internet market alone.
It will be necessary that its directors try to reassure by announcing that they did not need Yahoo at all to go forward into a serene future.
[translation by crispin]
