[Klug-general] Microsoft

[George Prowse]

On 03/04/2011 10:32, James Morris wrote:
> On 3 April 2011 10:23,<klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com>  wrote:
>> Anyone else see this in The i newspaper?
>>   (I'm sure that most of you are better-informed than I am)
>>   "After a couple of decades of battles of its own with the European
>> commission
>> Microsoft called on its old foe to rein in Google, claiming the search
>> engine giant was engaging in anti-competitive practices..... Brad Smith
>> revealed plans to file a formal complaint........ detailing concerns about
>> "a broadening pattern of conduct aimed at stopping anyone else from
>> creating a competitive alternative". .........."
>>   I couldn't stop laughing for hours. Same old Microsoft when in doubt
>> start an expensive lawsuit.
>>   (No copy and paste for the paper!!)
>> rich
>
> a search for microsoft v google 2011 returns:
>
> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2011/03/31/microsoft-vs-google-birth-of-a-new-world-40092346/

I can't imagine it'll go anywhere. Google's "virtual" monopoly is based 
on choice and the viable alternatives are plentiful whereas Microsoft 
actively pursues and punishes anyone who thinks about straying from the 
MS fold