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Story: Ballmer: Google wants special treatment in IE

Posted by: David Wright (Friday 12 May 2006, 12:20 PM)

Well, I think that Google are doing a Microsoft here :O

The list of search engines listed alphabetically sounds pretty fair to me, especially if Microsoft's own offering appears after Google's!

If it went MSN, Ask, ..., Google, then I think they would have something to complain about, but this just sounds like sour grapes...

Likewise, if the user has already selected a default for IE6, why should they be prompted to change when upgrading to IE7? Should it also prompt for every single bookmark to make sure the user hasn't changed their mind on them as well?

With their integration into other browsers such as FF and Safari, I don't really think they've got anything to complain about - in fact I think they should keep their mouths shut in case somebody looks deeper.

I've not been impressed with Microsoft of late, I still don't see Vista as having caught up with Linux and OS X desktops from what I've seen.

Microsoft have done a lot of shady things in the past, I don't think anybody can deny that, but in this instance I think Google are abusing Microsoft's reputation and track record unfairly for their own gain.

Google started out looking like a benevolent organisation, now they seem to be slowly shaking off the lamb suit to expose a voracious wolf underneath.