Competition by Proxy
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| Google's pending acquisition of doubleclick "will be bad for consumers"
| because it threatens competition and privacy. So said Microsoft's general
| counsel during a recent Senate subcommittee hearing ( Click here for more).
| Nice of the software giant to take up the cudgel for the little guy. But
| Microsoft has a big stake in blocking the deal--considering that it's losing
| the war to Google over billions of dollars in Internet advertising.
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http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/1029/034.html?partner=yahoomag
Related and recent:
Microsoft's American Proxy Patent War Continues
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| PJ & Company astutely make the connection that behind "IP Innovation LLC" is
| a group called Acacia which is staffed by senior Microsoft agents, including
| Jonathan Taub, a Microsoft Hero & Key Achiever.
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http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/10/microsofts-prox.html
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