[microcentury]

So Google's biggest mistake was not taking on a giant merger, though mergers sometimes go horribly wrong, but sometimes they work out? Seems like the message in this article is a little mixed. Maybe someone other than the article writer wrote the headline.

[mgkimsal]

I submitted this, and wrote the HN headline, as that was the phrase that was stuck in my head reading it, although the actual article was something more like "Google's Worst Decision" - not sure there's a huge difference between those two concepts, but I can't change it now. :/

[microcentury]

In fairness your HN headline exactly reflects the article headline, but the article headline does not reflect the article content, so I in no way meant it to be a criticism of the post :-)