I was bummed to hear that Microsoft backed away from the option to purchase Yahoo. I thought this deal, if it had gone all the way, would have been just the right thing to shake up Google’s strangle hold on the internet search business. The powerhouse combo of Microsoft + Yahoo would have equaled major competition for Google. I’m saddened to see it’s not going to work, because this means Google can tighten the choke hold it’s got on market share.