Re: [CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-30 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote: This is textbook Microsoft, the source adds. Microsoft has got some of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington. Textbook? Hardly. MS didn't have any lobbyists until they were sued by the

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-30 Thread Jeff Miles
I think I've mentioned it before, but you aught to read a book called The New New. Sorry, can't remember the author. But you get the idea that these collusion's by competitors you speak of were brought on by MS's actions themselves. The book mainly centers around Jim Clark and Netscape

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-30 Thread mike
I thought it was sold to WebMD and at the time MS was only rumored to be tied to WebMD? I know healtheon merged with wmd... On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net wrote: I think I've mentioned it before, but you aught to read a book called The New New. Sorry,

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-30 Thread Jeff Miles
From what I understood, Healtheon was an answer to the call for health reform by Hillary Clinton. Jim Clark thought it would be easy if we just did away with the waste. An organized informational database seemed perfect. So when you look at where we are today in the healthcare reform

[CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/28/microsofts-secret-screw-google-meetings-in-d-c/ Nevertheless, one source familiar with the meetings says, Law Media Group has several people who work full-time on Google-bashing. Everybody knows Microsoft is trying to throw roadblocks at Google and

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Google-Bashing Dirty Tricks

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
This is textbook Microsoft, the source adds. Microsoft has got some of the best, highest-priced lobbyists that money can buy in Washington. Textbook? Hardly. MS didn't have any lobbyists until they were sued by the DOJ in the 90's in collusion with MS competitors whose lobbyists were deep in