Microsoft Quietly Making Untold Millions
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| The prototype of this typosquatting scheme had failed in 2003 when
| Verisign introduced its so-called "Site Finder" service by
| redirecting all non-existent domains to a VeriSign search page.
| The program was met with a public outcry and massive resistance
| by ISPs, and Verisign was eventually forced to abandon it. But now,
| less than four years later, the concept is back with a vengeance,
| and apparently meets with very little opposition.
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http://www.dailydomainer.com/200784-microsoft-quietly-making-untold-millions.html
They also point Vista users at Microsoft's Web services (links below),
essentially using their O/S market share to leverage other markets. Same
with Firefox and more recently with VMWare...
While handling of the Web is discussed, Microsoft uses forbidden blackhat SEO
tricks to promote its Web pages (been proven before). I don't think Google
can ever ban Microsoft because it would lead to a storm.
Related:
Microsoft's Vista-Live Strategy Already Impacting Google
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| But the question is, will this strategy be enough for Microsoft to
| beat Google and Yahoo in the web race? Or will the average Joe and
| Jane User, with their new Vista PC, make the extra effort to
| change their default search engine back to Google again?
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/microsoft_vista_live_impacting_google.php
Connecting the dots on Windows 7
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| I would have asked one more follow up: Was Gates hinting that
| Microsoft will build more of its currently standalone Windows
| Live services right into the operating system?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=241
Where Should Vendors Stick Their Services?
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| Wondering if you noticed the news over at Microsoft Watch this week
| that Microsoft has done what many considered inevitable: Started
| using Windows as a way to hawk Windows Live Services?
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| It's not too surprising to me that Microsoft is splashing all over
| its Welcome to Vista screen (at least in one of the latest Vista test
| builds, No. 5506) promotional links, inviting users to download Windows
| Live Messenger, Windows Live OneCare, Windows Live Mail Desktop, and more.
| But I was surprised the Redmondians would be so bold as to actually
| embed Windows Live Messenger into Vista. After all the antitrust
| lawsuits Microsoft has been slapped with here, there and everywhere ?
| many of which have focused on its "innovative integration" (a k a,
| bundling) strategies, you'd think they'd be a little more cautious.
|
| With the actual Windows Live Messenger code (not just a download link)
| being integrated right into Vista, I think Microsoft might be really
| going out on a limb. When backed into a corner before about its
| integration strategy, Microsoft's defense was that removing any of
| the integrated components (Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player,
| etc.) would break the OS. But if Vista test builds have been working
| just fine (well, middling, maybe, based on some not-so-happy tester
| comments) without Windows Live Messenger, how can Microsoft make a
| case for it being part of Windows?
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,2005413,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Welcome to college, here's your Windows Live account
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/4/23/3719
Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe
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| Software manufacturers, citing 2004 European Commission finding,
| contend the operating system violates server laws in Europe.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
'Microsoft broke anti-trust agreement,' prosecutors claim
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| It's claimed Microsoft's engineers used at least 500 undocumented APIs
| to ensure Microsoft's applications worked better with Windows than
| those of competitors.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/microsoft_breached_antitrust/
Microsoft boosts mobile services
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| Live Search on Windows Mobile and Live Search on Java allow people
| to search for local businesses without any typing and to save
| information to contacts, map directions or make a call with one click.
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http://news.com.com/2110-1039_3-6158242.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Larry Ellison on Microsoft's prebundling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssX4RL24HT4
Microsoft rivals file second European complaint
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| ...Microsoft was preventing access to Vista's programming interfaces
| and hindering the development of compatible products, thus repeating
| anti-competitive violations the commission had identified three
| years ago in a previous operating system.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bAF5B8FB2-488F-4468-80B8-21F6EEE223E3%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2ybdot
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