Bill Gates is a not a man who has ever been short on ambition. He is determined to make Mircosoft the number one internet company in addition to the world's leading software manufacturer.

He has faced and overcome major problems before. In 2000, he received a major setback when Microsoft lost a federal anti-trust law suit and was ordered to split up. He managed to settle the case in the US (litigation continues in the EU in front of the European Court of Justice) and then proceeded to fend off competition from Apple's revolutionary product line in 2001.

This is a man who first founded and now manages the world's largest charitable organisation in his spare time. His relentless pursuit of success makes him a worthy adversary and the Google 'giant' would be foolish to underestimate him.

He is determined to reign supreme as a 'benevolent' leader. How long can Google stand in his way? For the takeover of Yahoo! will probably usher in a new historical epoch in the IT world.

Zoha Sirhindi, Nottingham, UK

Hi,
The assertations of Mr. Gates to purchase Yahoo will confront the already stained relationship with the European union.
Regards Dr. Terence Hale Zandvoort

Terence Hale, z, Holland

Looks like the USA economy is in real trouble having to ask Bill Gates to come up with PR deal on behalf of this great
economic power to paper over the near collapse of the
financial system.

riverbanka, Liverpool, UK

Ultimately money cannot beat innovation. Google has been innovating, and extremely quickly, in the way they approach softwares. Arguably they are copying Microsoft's softwares, but ironically, they seem to be doing better job at making them than Microsoft is. What MS has is money and market share. What Google has is user friendliness and expertise. Both are equally cunning. It would be interesting to see what'll happen after MS really takes over Yahoo. What assets can Yahoo offer MS that MS cannot build? Loyal users? Somehow I believe that by acquiring Yahoo, MS wil have plans to dissolve the brand and integrate it into their own brands, which would turn users away.

Mark, Manhattan,

MSN is a poor search engine with many gaps in its information while Yahoo is better but still unable to compete with Google. What then is the point of putting these together in the absence of one of them at least getting their act together first?

figurewizard, Petersfield, UK

Patently Microsoft has run out of ideas of its own. The X-box hasn't made a monumental impact, with Wii being the console of the moment. It is stuck with a technology model.
It is ironic that Microsoft is going down the same path as IBM 15 years ago. IBM bought Lotus for more than it was worth, the norm in takeovers where the bidder pays far more than the bid company is worth, in the early 1990s because it was scared of Microsoft. Lotus was faltering as a business just as Yahoo is now and IBM's valuation (as MS now) vastly overvalues the business.
Now Microsoft because it is scared of Google. But Google's model is faltering and will falter further after the EU relaxes advertising content in TV shows..
And, even if they succeed, the EU will take a close look at it.
MS is now a mature company with a mature growth profile and more money than imagination.

Eddie Reader, birmingham, england

I have had a Yahoo e-mail address for 8 or 9 years and have used it every day. In that time I haven't paid a penny to Yahoo or clicked on any adverts.

What sort of business model is that?

David, Dubai, UAE

Right then! Time to abandon ALL Microsoft products and move to Open Source and alternative OS's.

Bill, Suzhou, China

This topic is very hot on tallhub.com, most members think that Google will win since google is more skilled in internet.

rena, NY,