Microsoft and News Corp.’s Deal With the Devil

“I mean, aside from the restraint of trade issues and the
callback to the tribulations the company went through with its
dirty Internet Explorer tricks, Microsoft has learned to compete
fairly, right? Not so, according to the reports stemming from a
Financial Times article, which highlights the company’s desire to
team-up with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., in order to screw
Google.

“This whole thing began when Murdoch began to complain that
Google was “stealing” News Corp. content. He demanded that the
company pay a pittance or he would pull the plug, preventing Google
from spidering its sites. Google searches provide between 25 and 50
percent of the page views of just about any site. This includes
blogs, newspapers, everything. Would Murdoch throw away 25 to 50
percent of his sites’ revenue just to spite Google? Yeah,
right.”

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