Balmer calls Google a monopoly, demands that they come under greater scrutiny by anitrust authorities

[dallas]

kowenicki said:

dallas said:

IsawYoshi said:

kowenicki said:

Why does that make him a hypocrite? It make him a perfect man to judge. Having been under fire for it for years.

He has faced several attacks over the years.... its Google's turn. He is right.

The hypocrites are the ones who would say he isn't right. Those same people that have a go at MS for their "monopoly" are giving Google a free pass? Do me a favour. Google;'s monopoly is FAR more dangerous imo, because it is a potential monopoly of personal information.

Take your multi-coloured Google goggles off.

While I agree with you, doesn't microsoft have plenty of personal information themselves from Windows?

Not to mention Bing and from MSFT's cloud business?  **shudders**

Not remotely comparable.  Everything Google does is to one end... purely to gather personal data, that is its whole reason for being.

At least Google is starting to encrypt its search and drive documents, and is the most vocal among the tech industry in making the US govt more transparent about its NSA involvement, which should get the NSA to back off.  

So, you should give credit where it is due.