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.

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 !

Well that fills in the gap ...

[Zero__Kelvin]

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