__/ [ [H]omer ] on Sunday 22 April 2007 06:58 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> News Analysis: Microsoft General Counsel on DoubleClick and Antitrust
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | This raises a very important question - why didn't Microsoft match
>> | Google's $3.1 billion offer. Smith would not comment on this, but I can
>> | report from very good sources that in fact the company did offer to
>> | match it, and was willing to pay even more to insure that Google did not
>> | corner the online ad market. But for whatever reasons, the private
>> | equity firm that owned the majority of DoubleClick's shares decided to
>> | go with Google.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | I asked Smith about the irony of Microsoft asking the government to
>> | support it on antitrust. His response was interesting.
>> `----
>>
>> http://battellemedia.com/archives/003561.php
>
> "Antitrust law, [Brad Smith] explained, takes a dim view of companies
> who buy their way to market domination using cash alone."
>
> OMG, this is *hysterical* ... coming from Microsoft. Is he kidding???
In Japan, meanwhile, Brad Smith has something eerily similar to deal with:
Microsoft foresees more suits in Japan
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| A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities
| is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other
| patent infringement complaints against the U.S. software company,
| an executive said Thursday.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft has been slapped with hefty fines by European Union regulators,
| who have said Microsoft broke competition laws and abused its dominant
| market position.
`----
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft
But no, he would argue (his words therein), Microsoft is not a monopoly. Just
Google. Evil Google...
The same goes for the EU where he would argue hidden communication protocols
are just fine. At least Google offers APIs.
> Microsoft Live is finished, and they know it. Sour grapes anyone?
>
>> Steve Soprano-Ballmer rejected? No wonder he is so angry.
>
> He shouldn't take it personally, it's just that his company's products
> and services are crap, that's all.
>
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