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Microsoft, Google Agree To Stop Complaining To Regulators About Each Other (recode.net)

Posted by msmash on from the seeing-eye-to-eye dept.

An anonymous reader shares an article on Recode: Microsoft and Google say they have recently reached an agreement under which they will drop pending regulatory complaints against one another across the globe. The two have also agreed that they will try to work among themselves to settle any future issues before running to regulators. "Microsoft has agreed to withdraw its regulatory complaints against Google, reflecting our changing legal priorities," a Microsoft representative said in a statement to Re/code. âoeWe will continue to focus on competing vigorously for business and for customers." Google, meanwhile, offered up a similar statement, affirming that it too will withdraw any regulatory complaints it has made. âoeOur companies compete vigorously, but we want to do so on the merits of our products, not in legal proceedings."Also from the report, "The timing is interesting, coming just as European regulators charge that Google is abusing its position in the Android market. However, both sides say the deal was in the works for some time."

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  1. Collusion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does this sound like collusion to anyone else?

  2. Collusion by HeckRuler · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Gather round children, it's time old uncle Sherman played his favourite tune called Collusion.

    Now when the young little cats get to hissin' n' scratching

    You can bet all them rats are a hidin' and a quakin'

    All the kittens that compete get a nice little treat

    And the market is nice and free.

    Buuuuuuuuuuut,

    When the cats dun grow fat... and they can't scratch their back

    And they get an old friend to help

    Well we call that a scam what a horrible sham

    And ol' sherman dun gets out his belt

    Cause them rats get to play all the night and all day

    And they dun shit on all of our pay.

    With a whip and whap I take care o' all that

    And them cats get to lose a few pounds.

    Now children, you might remember when your kitten was a darling little cute thing and it was full of spit and fire trying to make the world a better place. But times change and kittens grow into cats. And cats get fat with power and wealth. And then it's time to take them out back teach them some proper manners.

    Personally, I thought it would take longer. I gave Google until the time that the founders stepped down. In retrospect, it was awfully nice of them to have a name-change to indicate the moment when they decided to grow goatees and give into the bean counters and business suits.