In admitting that Google might have over-hired, Eric Schmidt made me think that Google was in some ways becoming like Yahoo!, who itself went on a hiring binge that pushed up its headcount to over 12,000.
Of course, with the government looking to block Google’s $3.1B deal for Doubleclick, Google is also becoming reminiscent of Microsoft…
Yahoo!, is today sounding a lot of like Microsoft, who wants to defend its software business and take on:
- Google in search
- Yahoo! in web portals
- Sony and Nintendo in video games
- Apple and Sandisk in digital music players…
How so? Today Yahoo! said it was going to make one more run at YouTube in video, while it continues to make dents in Google’s search business. Oh, it’s also trying to become relevant in social networking, after being turned down by Facebook last year, rumors crept up that it was eyeing Bebo, UK’s largest social network, but no Facebook.
Ah, the more things change…
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