Let’s start with the fact that Microsoft is going to hire 400 Yahoo employees. Good for those employees – there’s nothing like job security in these challenging times. In addition, Microsoft agreed to hire another 150 Yahoo employees “to assist with providing the transition services” for them… again great for those 150 people. But does anyone else win…?

This story, which I read on Market Watch lays out everything that the two companies are willing to say, but never defines who benefits from this merger.

That is my stance here… there is no real benefit to us, the end users. Will their search results be any different than Google, I doubt it. Will their search results display less ads – not a chance. Will their partnership do anything to help you and me, the small business owner who is really feeling the effects of this down economy… not in the least. It’s not like Microsoft is creating new jobs here, it’s not like Yahoo is doing anything at all to revive the job markets, none of this is happening with this deal.

So my final rant is… let’s pull companies together who are going to help the small business owners, let’s create partnerships that turn into win/win/win business enviroments, not two of the biggest players partnering together, for me that’s just dumb – which reminds me of a line from an old movie called “Streets of Fire”, I believe it was William Dufoe who said “That’s dumb smart guy… real dumb if you think you can pull this off”

Let me know your thoughts – I like to express my viewpoints (just ask my team) and if do than we’ll get along great!