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You are hereMicrosoft decries "Google-ism" -- Cheating for the masses
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-03-06 10:45
Kudos to Microsoft for finally making a high profile challenge to Google's "cavalier" approach to copyright as reported in the lead story of the FT and in the WSJ today. It's about time that Microsoft figured out that a key element of Google's phenomenal success is simply that Google does not play by the same rules as other law-abiding companies.
Under what authority does Google operate in carrying out its corporate mission?
Google cheats. and cheating is core to Google's long term business model. Let's review the evidence of Google's cheating:
Google defends its cheating by claiming that the "common good" that they create for the information-starved masses more than compensates for any harm to the property rights of big bad businesses, and people who charge too much for their content.
Why does Google cheat? Because to date, cheating has helped make them a $135b company and it offers the best path to maintain its search dominance. Why does Google try to have more content available (legally or illegally obtained) than any other search engine? Becuase they know the key to maintaining their search share dominance is to search more information than any other search engine. It really is pretty simple. Bottom line: Google cheats. » |