Lord of the Links

The article says that Microsoft's potential deal with AOL could wipe out a large part of Google's revenues and its profits (almost 25%). Google could try to convince Time Warner that it was a better suitor with the coming of Google Video search and so on, but that is highly unlikely considering the fact that Microsoft and Time Warner have shared a close relationship ever since AOL bought Netscape and then had to closely work with Microsoft over standards nad products.