Thursday, June 20, 2002

Verizon + Microsoft: http://news.com.com/2100-1033-938043.html?tag=fd_top Qwest + Microsoft SBC + Yahoo BellSouth + ? The telecom companies are making these moves not because they don't want to be in the advertising and hosting businesses, but because it's more cost-effective to take a percentage than to provide the service yourself. I'm not entirely sure why. Microsoft is in the deal not for the aggregated eyeballs, though that's not bad, but for the customer relationships. That is, they wantt your identity. Yahoo just wants the eyeballs. 9:29:41 PM