Comments on: Microsoft court filing touts Google's 'rapid success'

In asking a judge not to extend antitrust oversight, Redmond points to the new competition over the past few years--and extols chief rival's virtues in the process.

[samkass]

Disingenuous

This statement is like Microsoft pointing to Disney's market capitalization and using that to argue against sanctions. Google is an *advertising agency*. They have not made any significant inroads into any of Microsoft's core software businesses despite employing arguably most the most intelligent people in the world working in the industry. If they haven't done it, it's a great example of how fluid the software industry ISN'T.

[WJeansonne]

Since when have companies been genuous with their competition

Despite the Microsoft hyperbole, Google's story is truly amazing.

[vvvlad81]

Comparing Apples to Oranges

The only industry that comparing apples to oranges like that works for seems to be IT. And why not? Does anyone think that regular people and and the judges really understand the differences between the 2 companies?

No one denies Google's success, but Google also doesn't compete in MS' core business -- productivity tools and operating systems, which is the scope of the antitrust oversight. MS' online search and advertising was weak (read: sucked) from the beginning, it's not like Google built it's market penetration by eating away at any MS monopolistic business unit. When Google Docs will start eating away serious market share from MS Office, or Android will be a strong competitor to Windows Mobile then the oversight would have accomplished its goal. It means that another company can survive competing with MS' core business.

[KTLA_knew]

Interestingly...

Google may sell no OS, and only a sad, pale competitor to Office, but Google is also the *ONLY* company around today that should truly frighten MS. They have the POTENTIAL to be a dominant force in the future of computing.

Sure, chances are very high that in 10 years, "Google" will sound like "Lycos" does today, but they're the only current competitor with a chance, and MS would be remiss not to take their shots.

And some of your logic is good, if Google Docs somehow survives, it proves that another company can do it. However, the converse is *NOT* true. If Google (and all other competitors) fail at it, it DOESN'T mean jack squat to whether it was possible or not. Just that they failed.

[Penguinisto]

Google != Operating Systems, Office, or...

The idiots at Redmond are trying to hand-wave and distract. They may as well say that because 'Oracle is doing so well' that suddenly they're not monopolists.

It's crap. Google has no real presence in Operating Systems, Office Suites, or in any other arena where MSFT managed to dominate by way of illegal business practices.

/P

[Microsoft_Facts]

The difference between MS and Google success

Google makes a great product and succeeds based on merits. Microsoft pushes dope, er, poor quality products and succeeds only through monopolistic practices at the expense of society as a whole suffering as a result.

Bill and Steve need to do jail time.

[RompStar_420]

I fully agree

Jail time for those crack heads!

[t8]

Too true

Absolutely.

[ColdMast]

***** five stars, best comment

Marketing the product is more important than the actual product according to Micro$oft

[ColdMast]

50 years down the road M$ will be a cult

they wont last forever but they destroy competition and it's not due to superior programing...

Microsoft controls the board and they made the game.
The only thing that their missing is the announcement that every Xbox360 can run Windows...

[The_Decider]

The interesting thing is

That it is true that Google is not a competitor with Microsoft, yet MS sees the need to copy and outspend them at every turn.

The psychotic culture at MS is at the very least interesting.