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> Google has taken a page out of its decades-long playbook for litigating against antitrust enforcers. It is funding – directly and indirectly – various industr
by rdtsc 2y ago
> Google has taken a page out of its decades-long playbook for litigating against antitrust enforcers. It is funding – directly and indirectly – various industry commentators and academics to attack Microsoft and author “studies” that can be cited to discredit us.
It's sad how they've become the slimy evil company like the ones they made fun of when they were starting up. "We are not like those tie-wearing evil corporations, look at our fun and bright colors!". Yet years later, here they are, the same type of monster they were pointing their fingers at.
> This was also the basis of the changes we proactively made to our popular business and enterprise productivity suites last year: creating versions without Teams [...] We’ve made these changes, and others, not because we believed we were doing something improper
Come on, Rima, we can read between the lines. We're not in court here and no need to pretend. Microsoft knew exactly where it was headed. Just because Google is up to dirty tricks, doesn't automatically turn Microsoft into a fluffy bunny.
- soraminazuki 2y agoI'm still surprised how very quickly Google ruined their reputation. They were still highly regarded a decade ago, at least way more than they are now. But they continued to burn their reputation to the ground in the next few years.
- rdtsc 2y agoYeah, I remember wanting to work there. It was _the_ place to be for top engineering talent. But now I feel like I dodged a bullet failing their little leetcode puzzles.