Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

An industry analyst has posted an interesting article that compares Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to the big three U.S. automakers. Although the author does have a lot of very valid points, some of it seems like a pretty big stretch comparing the big three web companies to the auto industry, but it is interesting none the less.

The parallel with the auto industry? Buick, Oldsmobile and Chevrolet were the high tech startups industry of the 1940s. They were gobbled up to become GM. I thought Lindsay was stretching a bit when I read through his research note. But then I pondered Yahoo, which has Flickr, Delicious, Rivals.com, Zimbra and a bunch of other properties in its collection. Are these properties really any different than the nameplates and brands that GM and Ford have?

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