Reflecting on the emerging News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) / Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) / Google...

Reflecting on the emerging News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) / Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) / Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) content/search war, The Economist wonders if Tim O'Reilly is right for dreading the war for the web: "A handful of well-funded and robust platforms locked in heated competition could be better for consumers and generate more innovation than Mr O'Reilly's vision of an internet made of many 'small pieces loosely joined'."