Microsoft Complains About Google's Monopoly Abuse 384
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Frustrated at the FTC's blessing of the Google/Doubleclick merger, Microsoft is complaining to the EU. Its latest filings detail how the merger would give Google a stranglehold on the advertising industry. While these complaints aren't new, the diagram [PDF] Microsoft created gives you an interesting look at the sort of competition Microsoft fears from Google."
Turtle Monopoly (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Pot & Kettle? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Confidential (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Microsoft knows (Score:5, Funny)
In response, (Score:1, Funny)
"The TCA, or Total Cost of Advership, is much higher with a Microsoft ad. You see, the cost of the ad is only a small part of the picture. Someone has got to maintain that ad..."
In other news... (Score:4, Funny)
Misleading title (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, the monopoly being abused here is Microsoft.
Microsoft is big and powerful (Score:5, Funny)
How sad (Score:3, Funny)
Series of Tubes (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Turtle Monopoly (Score:3, Funny)
It's obviously a vertical monopoly. Because -- as everyone knows -- it's turtles all the way down.
Re:Confidential (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Well if anyone knows... (Score:5, Funny)
or
"Merging disk partitions and formats in a way that keeps people stupid (c:) cool" ?
But your point is well taken.
Can't let the bugbear-as-messenger become a distractor, for all the idea of "shooting the messenger" never seemed more appropriate.
even more ironic (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well if anyone knows... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Microsoft hates competition. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:In other news... (Score:3, Funny)
-mcgrew [slashdot.org]
OH NO (Score:2, Funny)