Microsoft Holding 'Screw Google' Meetings In DC

Runaway1956 writes "Microsoft's chief Washington lobbyist has been convening regular meetings, attended by the company's outside consultants, that have become known by some beltway insiders as 'screw Google' meetings, DailyFinance has learned. The meetings are part of an ongoing campaign by Microsoft, other Google opponents, and hired third parties to discredit the Web search leader, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. 'Microsoft is at the center of a group of companies who see Google as a threat to them in some combination of business and policy,' said a source who requested anonymity to avoid retribution. 'The effort is designed to make Google look like the big high-tech bad guy here.'"

Comments

Re:Been there, done that.

[TapeCutter]

"Joking aside; a little farther and these meetings could been seen as illegal collusion."

I hope not, this slashdot screw microsoft meeting has only just started.

Bing in Chinese means "disease"

[Anonymous Coward]

Bing means disease in Chinese.

Just saying.

ZOMG they might be right!

[mayberry42]

Whoah! Looks like MS might be right on this one. After some detective work worthy of Sherlock Holmes, I have uncovered this.

it is too late

[FudRucker]

microsoft not only has dominance on the desktop & laptops, they also have damn near 100% market share in the EVIL department too.

I take it that

[Culture20]

Italy was invited.

Re:Actually, I'm kinda getting nostalgic ;)

[blackraven14250]

Are you suggesting the population of /. is maturing?

Re:Been there, done that.

[ae1294]

I hope not, this slashdot screw microsoft meeting has only just started.

You must be new here.

No you must be new here and *WOOOOOOSHHH*

Rezisstenzzzz is futile

[BlindRobin]

The time is not far off when all will realise that Google Earth is not simply the name of an application but our destiny !

Google repels Microsoft attack on London offices

[David Gerard]

VICTORIA, Steampunk Britain, Thursday -- An all-out Microsoft rocket attack on Google's London office yesterday caused a small fire from a ruptured gas cylinder, a reminder of the browser and search engine wars and Microsoft's overwhelming might.

The six-story-tall Microsoft mecha, approaching from the direction of Victoria Station, unleashed an all-out attack, belching amusing farts of smoke from its Zune HD assault flamethrowers, before halting with an E74 error and collapsing onto the top of the building, where Google employees were enjoying their regular Thursday afternoon barbecue roasting a Snow Leopard on a spit.

Four fire engines and twenty firefighters in hazmat suits were sent out after reports of Vista fumes in the area.

The attack came a day after a Microsoft suicide car bomber killed seven cockroaches and gave himself a papercut when his car computer bluescreened. Microsoft disclaimed responsibility, asserting it was a completely independent suicide commando who only coincidentally happened to be in the pay of their PR agency.

The BBC has reported Microsoft's complete victory in the battle, with extensive Zune downloads in Silverlight format of the victorious Seattle Revolutionary Army in action.

Illustration: The destruction of the Isengard data centre

Well that fills in the gap ...

[Zero__Kelvin]

Now we know where they are when they aren't in their screw the customer meetings ;-)