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

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kowenicki said:

theprof00 said:
Says the guy whose company literally sent their bing searches through google and pretended the results were their own.
Sorry MS, but Google is big because it offered a high-quality service at a time when everyone else was looking at nickels and dimes, and it continues to do so today. It's not the Google products that controls the market. It's their brand-name, and they've done a great job building it. Maybe that should teach you a lesson in business.

None of which is relevant in any way.

A monoploy is a monopoly, it is irrelevant if it is the best or not.

I dont disagree that Google is the best search engine, but it should be scrutinised and regulated as a monopoly, just as Ballmer and MS was with its successful products.

Lets not be hypocritical about this.

While they are at it, Apple should face something similar for some of their bundled software.

Apple's bundled software?

That's not really the same thing now is it. Apple sell hardware. Their software is part of the product you buy. It's like complaining that Windows and its apps are part of a Windows phone. -__-