Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Google Was 3 Hours Away From DOJ Antitrust Charges

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-evil-we-swear dept.

turnkeylinux writes "Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges to block the pact, according to the lawyer who would have been lead counsel for the government. 'We were going to file the complaint at a certain time during the day,' says Litvack, who rejoins Hogan & Hartson today. 'We told them we were going to file the complaint at that time of day. Three hours before, they told us they were abandoning the agreement.'"

1 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. Google PREDATORY? by mi · · Score: 4, Informative

    for those who thought Google was any less predatory than Microsoft, think again...

    Thought again... And again... Nothing... What predation are you talking about? Microsoft's is well known:

    • deliberately crashing non-Microsoft's software on Microsoft's operating system
    • deliberate withdrawal of specifications required for compatibility
    • deliberate changes of standards/formats to cripple competing software
    • se of one monopoly (Operating System) to build another (web-browser, office software) — this one is, actually, not only predatory, but also illegal.

    What has Google done to justify being called equally predatory?

    --
    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.