[Info-vax] Microsoft accuses Google of pushing services to Android

[Paul Sture]

In article <kkfhv5$m6i$1 at dont-email.me>,
 Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:

> On 2013-04-13 21:01:45 +0000, porxy said:
> 
> > Microsoft accuses Google of pushing services to Android
> 
> The link from the previous message does not appear to be the original 
> source for the content.
> 
> For those interested in this particular topic, the original content is 
> likely sourced from here <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22078746>

This gave me a chuckle. Where have we heard this sort of thing before?

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"Failure to act will only embolden Google to repeat its desktop abuses 
of dominance as consumers increasingly turn to a mobile platform 
dominated by Google's Android operating system," he added.

Android is now the dominant mobile operating system, accounting for 70% 
of the market, according to research firm Gartner.

The complaint describes Google's Android operating system as a "trojan 
horse", offered to device makers for free. In return they are "required 
to pre-load an entire suite of Google mobile services and to give them 
prominent default placement on the phone," the complaint reads.
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Of course, in spite of the headline this isn't just Microsoft. See:

<http://www.fairsearch.org/about-fairsearch/>

for the other companies involved in Fairsearch.org -  Oracle, Nokia and 
online travel and shopping companies.

-- 
Paul Sture