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Bill Gates Chairman of Microsoft; co-founder, with his wife, of a self-titled foundation that promotes global health and education...
...CONS: A more extensive partnership between Yahoo and Google will be challenged as anti-competitive and will almost certainly be thwarted on legal grounds. Microsoft has already begun lobbying Washington against such a move...
...PROS: The combined audience and advertising networks of Yahoo and Microsoft might finally have a shot at knocking Google from its number one spot. What's more, the software giant would essentially control the entire instant messaging landscape, creating a new kind of interoperability that could lead to more innovation and a fresh revenue stream...
...CONS: Microsoft would have to shell out more cash for the combined company of Yahoo and AOL and deal with the complexities of integration. What's more, the current, three-way battle between Internet giants Yahoo, Google and Microsoft would be reduced to a two-way battle, which could stifle innovation...
...Microsoft abandons its bid for Yahoo altogether...