When asked about the Yahoo-Microsoft takeover today, Google's Sergey Brin had this to say:
The Internet has evolved from open standards, having a diversity of companies. ... And when you start to have companies that control the operating system, control the browsers, they really tie up the top Web sites, and can be used to manipulate stuff in various ways. I think that's unnerving.
Of course man... because indexing all of an individual's personal communications, medical records, and web browsing history, all to serve them the most relevant ads, isn't unnerving either. And like you don't currently "tie-up" the top sites already.
Pot to kettle: "You're black".
[via Todd Bishop]