Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:32 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Wednesday 14 March 2007 09:24 \__
>>>
>>>> Google, in the mean time, being somewhat of a Microsoft of search engines
>>>> (some occasional 'monkey business'), got sued by Verizon for 1 billion US
>>>> dollars, over Goo-Tube.
>>>
>>> Oops. Viacom, of course, not Verizon.
>>
>> Yes indeed. Viacom are trying to make Google responsible for what its
>> users do - a fairly standard tactic. It would be disastrous if they
>> were successful, though.
>
> I think lenience/negligence is Goo-tube sweet _and_ soft spot. But I can't
> help but feel that Microsoft is once again part of the driving forces behind
> those lawsuits. Remember how much they fear Google and how they pointed
> their finger at Google last week saying "hey! that company... see it? It's
> evil. You should sue it". But wait a second...
>
You are quite right - there is the feel of a highly orchestrated campaign
going on here.
> Is Microsoft in a position to call other companies unethical?
>
When you have no ethics at all, I guess you can call anyone, anything
you like.
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