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Oracle Is Funding a New Anti-Google Group (fortune.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the shadow-group dept.

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Fortune: Oracle says it is funding a new non-profit called "Campaign for Accountability," which consists of a campaign called "The Google Transparency Project" that claims to expose criminal behavior carried out by Google. "Oracle is absolutely a contributor (one of many) to the Transparency Project. This is important information for the public to know. It is 100 percent public records and accurate," said Ken Glueck, Senior Vice President of Oracle. Fortune reports: "Oracle's hidden hand is not a huge surprise since the company has a history of sneaky PR tactics, and is still embroiled in a bitter intellectual property lawsuit with Google." One would think Microsoft may be another contributor, but the company said it is not. Daniel Stevens, the deputy director of the CfA, declined to name the group's other donors, or to explain why it does not disclose its funders. Why does this matter? "When wealthy companies or individuals pose as a grass-roots group like the so-called 'campaign for accountability' project, [it] can confuse news and public relations, and foster public cynicism," writes Jeff John Roberts via Fortune.

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  1. If Google is doing something illegal by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then call them out on it already. Don't care if it's Oracle holding a childish grudge or not.

    1. Re:If Google is doing something illegal by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Oh bullshit. Oracle lost because Oracle never had a fucking case.

      Christ, Microsoft shills is one thing, but defending one of the most vile tech companies that ever existed, gimme a break. Every time Oracle gets shafted, an angel gets its wings.

      --
      The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  2. Honest question time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Honest question time. Has anybody ever used an Oracle product that wasn't garbage? The only way I could see it is if they were selling trash to a dump, Oracle could probably find a way to fuck that up. Oracle go kill yourself.

    Oh and fuck Google too. When the mob puts a hit out on you it's often not because you've been running your business too honestly.

  3. Re: Pot, meet kettle by yuvcifjt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're kidding right?
    Surely you can't be that ignorant of Google's power?!

    Here's a quick search to answer your question.

    Google literally have the power to change leadership of entire nations and sway voters, and even make or break an entire company!

    Google products are 100% voluntary, if you don't want to use them, then don't...

    Err, no they're not.
    You're Google's product and slave whether you like it or not.
    It's easy (for a technical person) to simply not use facebook and block their 2/3 domains, but it's almost impossible to do that with Google, considering GoogleAPIs, Captcha, Doubleclick, Analytics, GoogleAdServices, GoogleSyndication, GTM, Plus, etc, etc.