Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Apr 12 12:00:50 CDT 2013
Hi Hans: That truly is laughable but it also reeks a little of desperation. Microsoft, in Europe, has been hammered form every direction, on anti-trust practices and I hardly blame them for trying to divert attention. That said, Google is the master of the business practice called "Scorched Earth Policy", in which they fill a product niche with free alternative effectively wiping out the competition. After their competition has given up, Google is then free to withdraw their free product and maybe even introduce a paid for application replacement. The truth be known, that Google has been instrumental at stalling the aspiration of Microsoft, Oracle and many other companies. With Google's use of SEP, friends may come and go but enemies accumulate. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:15 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft and Oracle attacking Android for being free For Microsoft and Oracle, irony knows no bounds. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/opinion-antitrust-complaint-again st-android-is-an-attack-on-open-source/ As they say, a tiger never changes its stripes. - Hans _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com