Google launches a legal challenge to Microsoft

Google has opened up a new front in its intensifying battle against the granddaddy of technology companies - this time launching a legal challenge to Microsoft's new operating system Windows Vista.

Google says that Microsoft is breaching competition because Vista makes it harder to use Google's desktop search tool - which combs through a computer's hard drive and the user's emails looking for information - than it does to use Window's own search function.


The complaint mirrors the long-running competition complaints over how Microsoft integrated its web browser Internet Explorer and other applications with Windows, to the detriment of other software developers.


Microsoft has been operating under a Department of Justice consent decree since a 2002 settlement, and Google says that Vista violates the promises of good behaviour that Microsoft made at that time. "Microsoft's current approach with Vista desktop search violates the consent decree and limits consumer choice," a Google spokesman said.


The search engine company says it wants Microsoft to make it simple for users to turn off Vista's built-in search function. Microsoft, for its part, says it is perfectly easy to install and access the rival Google Desktop software.
Google has expressed similar concerns before, but in recent weeks it has decided to push its case more forcibly in the legal arena. In April, it sent a 50-page submission to the Justice Department outlining its allegations, and the issue is set for an airing in a report by a Washington DC court later this month.

we will look forward into it.. why is microsoft (Bill) always ends up in court rooms.. starting with his one time good friend Mac .. we will see where this goes..

maybe he just likes it that way

hahaha.. maybe maybe.. we will have to wait and see.. I guess he is pretty upset becoz.. IE lost its place after fire fox came.. which is easy to install, no restart necessary, no geniune windows verification necessary.. plenty of themes available.. etc.. . etc..

and now google's also bringing in the offline browsing thing which maybe putting more pain

but I think.. that will take a little longer than we expect though.. I mean.. lots of bugs are possible.. like.. you know some sites allow.. this 30 day trial period inside the members area.. even after I cancel my 30 day period.. that area is still available offline.. doesn't it.. plenty of things like that.. by the way.. I didn't like the new windows vista though.. just looks good.. I am not sure about the stability and security.. and I didn't install it.. becoz.. most of the softwares I use.. is not compatible with vista.. atleast yet.. Bill have this tendency of copying things from others.. and still thinks everybody should use his version of the copy.. and that's what gets him in trouble..

yeh i got a new laptop yesterday pre installed with vista and am having a hard time setting up my network and my isp wants me to upgrade my service to use multiple computers.

So i already have started problems with vista lets see where this is going to take me.

there is nothing better than Windows Xp Professional.. I love it.. and for security there is nothing better than Windows 98 yet.. nobody can beat Windows 98 in security.. but I love my Xp Pro

some how i got the wireless network setup for my laptop running Vista lets see how it works out..