Yahoo new Search interface

Ok, correct me if I'm wrong but several weeks ago Microsoft and Yahoo made a widely discussed deal and so from now Yahoo doesn't suppose to work on R&D any search technologies and instead use Microsoft Bing? And so this news does seem to sound really controversy but here is what I think is happening.


Of course the deal was made couple weeks ago but we have to keep in mind the scale of the companies like Microsoft and Yahoo. The deal was made on paper, btw hasn't been approved by FTC yet, but it will take at least a year or so to make this deal real in terms of technological aspects. But until then why Yahoo has to burry all its technological innovations in Search?! I think by keeping the things rolling the guys in Yahoo campus want to keep their users from jumping to Google and so to avoid a situation when the dial will become reality the majority of Yahoo users have already been switched to using Google on regular base just like those 65-70% of people who do it now.


I find it's interesting to watch how Yahoo will try to avoid such frustration situation.