欧盟今天正式无条件通过了Google-DoubleClick收购案，这一历时一年的价值31亿美元的收购案通过了最后一关。这也是google历史上最大金额的一笔收购。

欧盟认为两个实体的合并并不会使它们的竞争者边缘化，用户仍然可以在从事同样服务的公司如微软、雅虎和AOL之间进行选择。

显然欧盟没有考虑潜在的微软-雅虎、AOL-雅虎之间的合并可能。

我们不久可能会在一个网页内看到google的adsense广告、（原doublecklick的）旗帜广告和视频广告。

The EU Approves Google’s DoubleClick Deal. Yahoo Needs To Pick a Partner Fast.

(via techcrunch) The last barrier to Google’s year-long quest to buy DoubleClick has been removed. The European Union’s antitrust regulator has approved the $3.1 billion deal “without conditions.” Word of the impending approval got out last week. Read more.

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Opera向欧盟提交了针对微软在视窗操作系统中捆绑IE插件的反垄断起诉书之后，微软的新闻发言人对此事表明了微软的态度，总结起来有两点：

1.视窗系统中包括IE是一种方便用户的行为，IE是操作系统的一部分。

2.PC制造厂商在电脑出厂前有预装各种浏览器的自由。用户也有把任何浏览器设置为默认浏览器的自由。

也就是说，微软不认为有所谓捆绑的问题，也不承认有强迫用户使用IE浏览器的行为。

Microsoft struck back Opera

Opera filed an anti-trust complaiment to EU last week, alleging that Microsoft amused its dominating position to bundle IE with the ms system,it harmed the choice of users selecting browser and IE technology is backward.

The MS representative retorted that “We believe the inclusion of the (IE) browser into the operating system benefits consumers, and that consumers and PC manufacturers are already free to choose to use any browsers they wish,” a Microsoft representative said. “Internet Explorer has been an integral part of the Windows operating system for over a decade and supports a wide range of Web standards.”

The Microsoft representative added that “computer users have complete freedom of choice to use and set as default any browser they wish, including Opera, and PC manufacturers can also preinstall any browser as the default on any Windows machine they sell.”

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