What about all those web applications, services, and sites?

WinInfo | at | by Mike

When you combine two overextended online giants (Microsoft's MSN/Windows Live and basically all of Yahoo!), you get ... a mess. So how in the heck will Microsoft combine all these pieces into a cohesive whole with no overlap? Maybe they won't have to: One of the more interesting things that's developed this week is that both Time Warner/AOL and News Corp. have emerged as unexpected dance partners, offering different outcomes than a pure Microsoft/Yahoo! deal. Consider the following possibility: Microsoft and News Corp. combine to acquire Yahoo! and then spin off MSN/Windows Live, News Corp.'s MySpace, and most of Yahoo! into a separate company.