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● 07.28.10

●● After AstroTurfing, Microsoft Complains About Monopoly

Posted in Asia, Google, Microsoft, Search at 4:08 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: After the LawMedia AstroTurf (against Google) those same old talking points are returning

FOR THOSE WHO cannot remember or do not know, Microsoft hired a bunch of AstroTurfers to wash the Web (and other means of communication) with talking points about a Yahoo-Google deal being a threat. That’s just Microsoft’s modus operandi and it’s the reason this monopolist is loathed by so many. Watch what Microsoft is doing at this moment:

=> Microsoft hired a bunch of AstroTurfers | ↺ what Microsoft is doing at this moment

Yahoo!-Google deal in Japan is anti-competitive, says Microsoft. “This deal gives Google virtually 100 percent of all searches in Japan, both paid and unpaid.” Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said in a statement.He also refers to the expected 2008 Yahoo! Google deal which was scraped owing to anti-competitive fears.I wonder what Microsoft thinks of its own monopoly in the PC segment where the company has exclusive deals with all major PC vendors to pre-install Windows.

We haven’t kept track of Microsoft news since the beginning of the month, but hopefully we’ll return to this later and provide more details. █

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