> The FTC's decision also shows how anti-Google lobbying from rivals like Microsoft Corp. MSFT -1.87% had little effect. They managed to initiate and sustain a

> The FTC's decision also shows how anti-Google lobbying from rivals like Microsoft Corp. MSFT -1.87% had little effect. They managed to initiate and sustain an 18 month FTC investigation into someone who did nothing wrong, generating a mountain of FUD and anti-PR along the way. It sounds to me like their lobbying had a pretty big effect.