Yahoo Buy May Fail, But Google Fight Goes On

According to foreign media reports, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, said on Monday that Microsoft planned to invest heavily in the online search sector to compete with Google, even if Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo failed.

>Gates said that Microsoft's offer for Yahoo was "very fair". He said that Google was currently the only company that occupied an "important part" in the field of online search. Microsoft needed to expand its share in this area and build a more competitive and more profitable online search business. Gates said, "We have the ability to make large-scale investments in engineering and marketing. We will do so whether or not we have Yahoo."