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OSFA Submits Guidlines to Obama Administration
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| Check out OpenGov Tracker. The ideas are
| there, with good discussion, but Iâm
| doubtful about the numbers. The âtop ideasâ
| all have under 100 votes. Itâs a new site,
| sure, but I wonder if people can get
| enthusiastic about trying to influence the
| government.
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http://www.the-source.com/2010/02/osfa-submits-guidlines-to-obama-administration/
When will Microsoft sue Google over Linux?
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| This week, Microsoft made its boldest move
| to date, signing yet another patent cross-
| licensing agreement with Amazon, calling out
| that this agreement allows Amazon to use
| Linux. Yes, Amazon sells its Linux-based
| Kindle device, but the agreement also covers
| Amazon's use of Linux (presumably for the
| Amazon.com service, EC2, etc.),
| representing, as ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-
| Hughes writes, "the clearest indication so
| far from Microsoft that if you use Linux-
| based servers...you ow[e] them money."
|
| Oh, really?
|
| If Microsoft has such an ironclad case in
| this matter, there's just one thing to do:
|
| Sue Google.
|
| Google, after all, is the killer bee in
| Microsoft's bonnet, one that Microsoft has
| been at pains to repel, and one that depends
| heavily on Linux. Google Search, Apps,
| Chrome OS, Android, etc. make heavy use of
| Linux, and threaten to topple the Redmond
| giant.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10458849-16.html?tag=mncol
Is Microsoft behind Google legal challenge?
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| Internet search giant Google says complaints
| to the European Commission that it is using
| its dominanent position to reduce rivals'
| visibility are funded indirectly by
| Microsoft.
|
| Google claims the complaints against them in
| part derive from a lobbying body whose
| largest funder is Microsoft.
|
| [...]
|
| Foundem is a member of Initiative for a
| Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP), a
| Brussels-based lobbying group primarily
| funded by Microsoft, who have been
| historically critical of Google's power.
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http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/is+microsoft+behind+google+legal+challenge/3560257
EU Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Google. Microsoftâs Fingerprints Are Everywhere.
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| Ciao (which is now called Ciao Bing) is the
| Microsoft-owned German shopping site making
| one of the complaints. Microsoft purchased
| them in 2008 for nearly $500 million. The
| others are Foundem, a UK-based shopping
| site, and EJustice.fr, a French site that
| does legal search inquiries. All three are
| claiming that Googleâs search dominance is
| hurting their businesses. And Foundem is
| claiming that Google has placed a âsearch
| penaltyâ on its site, which has crippled it.
|
| [...]
|
| Update: Hereâs a post on Googleâs Public
| Policy Blog. Not surprisingly, Google makes
| quick note of both Ciao and Foundemâs ties
| to Microsoft.
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/23/eu-antitrust-google-microsoft/
Committed to competing fairly
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| Regarding Ciao!, they were a long-time
| AdSense partner of Googleâs, with whom we
| always had a good relationship. However,
| after Microsoft acquired Ciao! in 2008
| (renaming it Ciao! from Bing) we started
| receiving complaints about our standard
| terms and conditions. They initially took
| their case to the German competition
| authority, but it now has been transferred
| to Brussels.
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http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2010/02/committed-to-competing-fairly.html
Google, under antitrust scrutiny, points its finger at Microsoft
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/google_under_antitrust_scrutiny_points_a_finger_at_microsoft.html
Recent:
What An Anti-Google Whisper Campaign Looks Like
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| For example, over the weekend we got an email from Will Rodger of LMG Inc, a
| Washington-based public affairs firm that is known to work with Microsoft and
| specializes in "next-generation services such as viral and online campaigns."
|
| The email pointed out a total of three Googlers have been poached by the
| Obama administration. It read:
| "This looks like a full embrace of Google by the White House. We do not
| remember a time when one company had so many executives leave to serve a
| single administration. Others may have a better handle on the history."
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/What-An-AntiGoogle-Whisper-siliconalley-15415021.html?.v=5
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