They have to differentiate themselves. And entertainment is a big part of peoples' lives.

Yahoo has a strong foothold in that entertainment space. They've made strong partnerships that will provide them an advantage that they'll need to battle the likes of AOL.

[With Windows Live, Microsoft] is asking people to entrust a lot of their lives in the hands of Microsoft, ... Trust is a loaded word for Microsoft.

I'm not naive enough to think that there are a lot of things going on in peoples' lives. Those 48 students (that dropped out of school last year) are 48 kids we know. If there was one name on the list that would be too many. It's quite a problem.

Microsoft is moving out of selling boxes into selling real, true services.

[Others say the deal could also raise flags over the combined AOL Time Warner's ability to limit access to Internet content.] From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers.