Report FTC To OK Google/DoubleClick Deal
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| The deal has faced fierce opposition from both Microsoft (MSFT) and some
| privacy advocates.
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http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2007/12/03/report-ftc-to-ok-googledoubleclick-deal/?mod=yahoobarrons
It hasn't stopped.
Google looks to ad partners beyond DoubleClick deal
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| Tim Armstrong, Google's president of advertising and commerce in North
| America, said the Web search leader's forays into selling ads in print, radio
| and television had shown that marketers would be keen to use a joint system
| that let them better manage ad inventory.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN0450405220071204?rpc=44
VMware Shakes Off Worries
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| They say VMware, which has a commanding 90% share of the virtualization
| market, will maintain its edge for specialized software that allows servers
| to run multiple operating systems because its management software tools are
| superior to those of their competitors, including Microsoft.
|
| Market share will be determined by the sophistication of virtualization
| management tools. VMware has a clear start in these tools, said Michael
| Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. He spoke last week at a
| Citigroup-sponsored analysts session on Microsoft.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/techstockupdate/10392715.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
http://tinyurl.com/2ve8cz
Related:
The VMware house of cards
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| Looking at an ESX server, you’ll find what looks like a Linux OS. This isn’t
| a secret -- VMware call this the ‘console OS’.
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http://www.venturecake.com/the-vmware-house-of-cards/
VMware and the GPL
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| VMware’s use of Linux is hardly a secret that’s just been
| uncovered—as the usual corporation-hating online mob crying “scandal!” seems
| to be implying. The architecture of ESX Server has been known for years.
| Books have been written about it.
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http://www.illuminata.com/perspectives/?p=347
VMware's Rosenblum: We'll Be Technically Better Than Microsoft
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| We've typically included a version of Red Hat Linux in ESX Server. That's
| because the hardware manufacturers put little embedded processors to control
| the fans and other elements of their servers. They have agents reporting on
| their operation. They wouldn't write software that would allow those
| processors to interface to ESX Server, but they had to do it for Linux. So we
| shipped a full Red Hat operating system as our management console.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201805687
A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft
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| When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is
| that virtualization is something that should be built into the
| operating system."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html?ex=1172898000&en=bbca645a927ef7f8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
http://tinyurl.com/35jkur
Microsoft trying to derail Google/DoubleClick deal by lobbying congress
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| Microsoft has hired lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLC to do work on "competitive
| issues surrounding Google/DoubleClick [sic] merger."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070816-microsoft-spends-40000-to-lobby-congress-about-googledoubleclick-merger.html
U.S. lawmakers urge Google-DoubleClick deal scrutiny
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| Two U.S. senators on the antitrust subcommittee urged the Federal Trade
| Commission's chairman to submit Google's purchase of advertising company
| DoubleClick to "serious scrutiny."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6219414.html
EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6218300.html
Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.
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| Nearly a decade after the government began its landmark effort to break
| up Microsoft, the Bush administration has sharply changed course by
| repeatedly defending the company both in the United States and abroad
| against accusations of anticompetitive conduct, including the recent
| rejection of a complaint by Google.
|
| [...]
|
| In the most striking recent example of the policy shift, the top
| antitrust official at the Justice Department last month urged state
| prosecutors to reject a confidential antitrust complaint filed by
| Google that is tied to a consent decree that monitors Microsoft's
| behavior. Google has accused Microsoft of designing its latest
| operating system, Vista, to discourage the use of Google's desktop
| search program, lawyers involved in the case said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/business/10microsoft.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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