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Originally Posted by drjenkins
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Yep. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the EU try this once before with Google? That case basically got dropped and then Microsoft and Cohorts (no vested interest there) started frothing at the mouth about it. I'm guessing part of the motivation for the EU to go after Google is the "shake down" money they hope to receive -- and probably the bribe money they've already received from M$ and their cronies. Not that Google isn't big enough to defend themselves, but it's not anti-trust when customers have a choice. The reason I use Google's search engine is because it works better -- and I'm not a big fan of Google, the corporation. Bing is simply crap. If Microsoft wants my search engine business they're going to have invest their money into making a better search engine.
So are we going to see another EU investigation of Microsoft because their Windows monopoly on the desktop? The way they handle OEM contracts makes a lot better fodder for anti-trust allegations than Google's practices.