Microsoft has bid $44.6 billion for Yahoo. This is not a good idea because: Microsoft and Yahoo are both struggling in search because their products are inferior to Google's. Combining the two companies won't fix this. Actually, Google is in a very dangerous position. All Microsoft has to do is come out with a superior product. Thanks to the zero cost of switching search providers, Google could face an exodus. While not an easy task, Microsoft has the resources to make this happen. Yahoo is not a...