Microsoft throws weight behind European Union's Google probe

I'm pretty sure I didn't see an option to install Chrome last time I installed windows....
 
Wait. What? People use other search engines? Isn't Google a verb?

Google search just does what it needs to do and does it well. How is this anti-competitive when people can choose the search engine to use?
 
It's amazing how evil Microsoft was when they bundled IE with Windows 7 in the EU but how innocent Google is now.

“Google has built its business on indexing and displaying snippets of other organizations’ Web content. It understands as well as anyone that search engines depend upon the openness of the Web in order to function properly, and it’s quick to complain when others undermine this. Unfortunately, Google has engaged in a broadening pattern of walling off access to content and data that competitors need to provide search results to consumers and to attract advertisers.

On PCs it is usually not difficult for people to navigate to any search engine. Google in fact makes this point virtually every time someone raises antitrust concerns about their practices. Their defense ignores the hugely important fact that there are many other important ways that search services compete. Search engines compete to index the Web as fully as possible so they can generate good search results, they compete to gain advertisers (the source of revenue in this business), and they compete to gain distribution of their search boxes through Web sites. Consumers will not benefit from clicking to alternative sites unless all search engines have a fair opportunity to compete in each of these areas.

Our filing details many instances where Google is impeding competition in these areas.”
Click to expand...
 
phaktza said:
So we should crucify Google for supporting an open Internet and net neutrality?
Click to expand...

No, this is precisely what they AREN'T doing. http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsof...voice-to-concerns-about-search-in-europe.aspx

Some points from the letter:
Google acquired YouTube – puts in place technical measures to restrict competing search engines
Google blocked Microsoft’s new Windows Phones from operating properly with YouTube
Google is seeking to block access to content owned by book publishers
Google is restricting advertisers from accessing their own data
Google contractually blocks leading Web sites in Europe from distributing competing search boxes
Google discriminates against would-be competitors by making it more costly for them to attain prominent placement for their advertisements
 
Jonno2343 said:
No, this is precisely what they AREN'T doing. http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsof...voice-to-concerns-about-search-in-europe.aspx

Some points from the letter:
Google acquired YouTube – puts in place technical measures to restrict competing search engines
Google blocked Microsoft’s new Windows Phones from operating properly with YouTube
Google is seeking to block access to content owned by book publishers
Google is restricting advertisers from accessing their own data
Google contractually blocks leading Web sites in Europe from distributing competing search boxes
Google discriminates against would-be competitors by making it more costly for them to attain prominent placement for their advertisements
Click to expand...

Wait wait wait? Did Bill tell you this? BWAHAHAHA! One born every minute. Do you honestly think Microsoft is doing this on behalf of all other search engines? Very philanthropical. Me thinks Microsoft is a bit paranoid. You'd swear Google owned the web.
 
phaktza said:
Wait wait wait? Did Bill tell you this? BWAHAHAHA! One born every minute. Do you honestly think Microsoft is doing this on behalf of all other search engines? Very philanthropical. Me thinks Microsoft is a bit paranoid. You'd swear Google owned the web.
Click to expand...

Don't be stupid.
Of course they're filing it on behalf of themselves. What Google is doing is NOT promoting an open web environment.
Bing is actually catching on in the States (nowhere else) and Google is scared so they're trying to block everyone else from competing (which they can do because they are so much of the web.)
Microsoft did similar things in the desktop area, bundling IE with Windows. This reduced the chances for non-technical people to use other browsers.

Both of these are 'wrong'. I just have to laugh every time a Microsoft article comes up on MyBB because there are always people who have this great need to paint them as the devil and make everyone innocent in the matters.
 
Jonno2343 said:
Don't be stupid.
Of course they're filing it on behalf of themselves. What Google is doing is NOT promoting an open web environment.
Bing is actually catching on in the States (nowhere else) and Google is scared so they're trying to block everyone else from competing (which they can do because they are so much of the web.)
Microsoft did similar things in the desktop area, bundling IE with Windows. This reduced the chances for non-technical people to use other browsers.

Both of these are 'wrong'. I just have to laugh every time a Microsoft article comes up on MyBB because there are always people who have this great need to paint them as the devil and make everyone innocent in the matters.
Click to expand...

So Bing is being block on Youtube and not the other 99.9999% of the web? Mind you I don't see how judging from my Bing! Youtube search results. Google just does it better. Storm in a teacup and Microsoft is a the helm of "the good ship Micropop".
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X