--MSNBC, 2007
SOME OF THE LATEST posts about Nicolas Sarkozy and Microsoft [1, 2, 3] have been good reminders of this special relationship. Sarkozy is currently slapping Google over its book-scanning project, but he never had a problem when Microsoft did this.
“Having failed to compete on technical merit, Microsoft increases the public's fear of Google, as it has been doing for years.”"Who's behind the criticism of the Google book deal," asked a reader of ours who pointed to this latest development. Given that Microsoft did participate in such criticisms before (the book settlement, for instance), it is only natural to be suspicious.
Having failed to compete on technical merit, Microsoft increases the public's fear of Google, as it has been doing for years. Microsoft even decided to block Google and remove it as merely an option by allegedly paying Verizon half a billion dollars. Let's not forget the Rupert Murdoch plot [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13].
Doug Barney from the 'Microsoft press' is serving Microsoft's agenda by uttering more of the same things:
Let's face it: Google pries into our lives, takes pictures of our homes when the kids are playing in the yard, and indexes much of our personal information. Google is the Patriot Act on steroids.
No computer-makers have announced plans to sell computers with Chrome OS yet, but Google is planning on netbooks with Chrome OS to start selling in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Comments
Doug Barney
2009-12-22 15:13:29
Roy Schestowitz
2009-12-22 15:21:38
Agreed. Let's remember to criticise all culprits equally and defend our rights this way. Yahoo! too has already turned in bloggers to be jailed for an expression of opinion in China.
your_friend
2009-12-22 06:30:52
Doug Barney
2009-12-22 18:23:39
Roy Schestowitz
2009-12-22 19:11:37