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Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-not-pass-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Late last week, Google sued the US government for putting out a Request For Quotation for the messaging needs of the Department of the Interior that specified only Microsoft solutions would be considered. Google apparently had spent plenty of time talking to DOI officials to understand their needs and make sure they had a solution ready to go — and were promised that there wasn't a deal already in place with Microsoft. And then the RFQ came out. Google protested, but the protest was dismissed, with the claim that Google was 'not an interested party.'"

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  1. Re:How is this any different by canajin56 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not at all the same. In a no-bid contract, they just award the contract to Microsoft. Here they had a bid! It's just that one of the requirements is that the bidder be Microsoft! TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

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  2. Re:Video of how it works by Myopic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sonofabitchwrongarticlesorryguys.

  3. Re:Isn't that illegal? by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is what happens when you have a monopoly like the Department of the Interior. I think it's about time one of us started a department to compete with them and keep them honest.

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  4. Re:Smart Move? by the_womble · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't particularly like Google as a company.

    Compared to Microsoft!