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MS Urges Antitrust Scuttling of DoubleClick Deal

Posted by kdawson on from the pot-and-kettle dept.

Microsoft contends that Google's $3.1 billion deal to buy DoubleClick would hurt competition in the online advertising market. And Microsoft expects AT&T, Yahoo, and other companies to join them next week in protesting the proposed sale.

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  1. MS knows what it is talking about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, it takes a convicted monopolist to spot another one in the making.

    1. Re:MS knows what it is talking about by IwantToKeepAnon · · Score: 2, Funny

      I for one welcome ... (we interrupt this comment to remind you of all the excellent products we have concerning "Antitrust Scuttling" at www.spammeintheass.com) ... our benevolent advertising overlords.

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  2. Microsoft concerned about Anti-Trust? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must be throwing snowballs in Hell about now....

    1. Re:Microsoft concerned about Anti-Trust? by owlnation · · Score: 4, Funny

      They must be throwing snowballs in Hell about now....
      And chairs too! I bet it's standing room only in Redmond about now.
  3. MS Urges Antitrust Scuttling of DoubleClick Deal by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    No standard web pages containing all your search terms were found.

    Did you mean: MS Urges Scuttling of Antitrust

  4. Tag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    slashdotters,

    Please join me in tagging this fine article "hahahahaha".

    Thanks,

    -normuser

  5. Re:Hard to argue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    todo:

    Get myself an account otherwise people might start attributing things to me.

    Finish downloading that midget porn torrent.

    Regards,
    -Steve Gray
    -Cobalt Software

  6. Bang goes the hypocrisy meter. by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

    It didn't just blow up, it's a rapidly expanding cloud of plasma.

    -jcr

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  7. Re:I'm glad they lost by Daengbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    This antitrust suit will end in Google being declared a monopoly in the online advertising business. Luckily for Google, they will be allowed to define their own punishment, and offer discount coupons for discounts on B-level keywords only. ;) Yes, some of us learn from history.

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  8. Re:Put Words Into Useful Order by jjacksonRIAB · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, kettle black calling pot the The YOU

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