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Microsoft's denial over Google could spell disaster
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1923
Is Google Apps a Threat to Microsoft Office?
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| Apple has taken share from Windows
| operating systems, and on the lower end,
| consumer netbooks from Hewlett-Packard
| (NYSE: HPQ) and other PC manufacturers
| have Linux-based operating systems as an
| option. While these challenges may be a
| blow to Redmond's pride, they have yet to
| be a threat to its business. However, with
| Google Apps, Microsoft is seeing a major
| challenge to one of its most important
| products: Microsoft Office.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2010/03/31/is-google-apps-a-threat-to-microsoft-office.aspx
Microsoft's Office Suite May Be Challenged By Google's Alternatives (MSFT,GOOG)
http://www.mysmartrend.com/nw/20730
Microsoft Office Faces Challenge From Free Google Tools
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703409804575143761968171250.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews
Some say weâre âon the side of tyranny.â But at Microsoftâ
http://trueslant.com/matthewsteinglass/2010/03/31/some-say-were-on-the-side-of-tyranny-but-at-microsoft/
Microsoft CEO says no China exit
http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Microsoft+says+China+exit/2442328/story.html
Three Reasons Why Microsoft Stays on the Dark Side in China
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| Letâs talk about straight business issues
| and not whether anyone is right or wrong.
| Although I think the moral and ethical
| issues are clear if youâre not running a
| company involved in China, things get
| murkier when thereâs business to conduct
| and you have not only self interest, but a
| legally-mandated fiduciary responsibility
| to investors.
|
| I may have been a bit harsh when saying
| that this was only a business decisions
| for Google, and it seems clear that the
| situation had an impact on company co-
| founder Sergey Brin, but given how long
| the company was willing to hold its nose,
| you know that morality can take a back
| seat to pragmatism. From purely business
| considerations, it would be much harder
| for Microsoft to pull out of China than
| Google.
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http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10006481/three-reasons-microsoft-stays-on-the-dark-side-in-china/
TechCrunch: Congress On China: Google Gets A Big Wet Kiss. Microsoft Is "Enabling Tyranny"
http://www.newsfactor.com/blog_article.php?aid=2683813&full_skip=1
Unlike Google, Microsoft opts to stay in China
http://www.justsearching.co.uk/news/unlike-google-microsoft-opts-to-stay-in-china.html
Google faces bundling complaint
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| But isn't Foundem just a Microsoft puppet?
| Its founders say no. Foundem does belong
| to trade group ICOMP, which is funded in
| part by Microsoft, as Google pointed out
| in a blog post. (As Google also pointed
| out, one of the other complaining
| companies, Ciao! by Bing, is a Microsoft
| subsidiary.) In addition, the Register
| notes that ICOMP's legal director wrote
| some "legal bits" of Foundem's EU
| complaint.
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| However, the article says Foundem hasn't
| received any money from the trade group or
| from Microsoft, and neither company has
| any ownership interest in the other.
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/the_antitrust_case_against_google.html
March 2010 Quick Links
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| * Microsoftâs head algorithms guru says
| that Google's search engine beat Microsoft
| because Microsoft ignored the long tail of
| search queries. If Google and Microsoft
| made different product design choices and
| the marketplace liked Google's choices
| better, doesnât this make it hard for
| Microsoft to complain about Googleâs
| "anti-competitive" practices? I wonder if
| this talk was pre-cleared by Microsoftâs
| antitrust counsel.
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http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2010/03/march_2010_quic.htm
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