Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight

Post by disintegore » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #102

vikingcaffiene wrote: post #2

IMO there's two ways to read this: either A) this is a baldly transparent attempt to "own the libs" and punish a company that the administration sees as a threat or B) they are too incompetent to understand the technical nuances of the case and are essentially morons. Maybe both? This administration can't be thrown out on their collective asses fast enough...

If Oracle wins it cements monopoly control of the computing ecosystem. Each megacorp will have their own API moat around their business. LEGO will be stoked.

Post by dhimes » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:21 PM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #148

dhimes wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Microsoft had built adblockers into IE from the beginning there would be no Google. But that was a strategic error, not due to law. And people were definitely on the Google bandwagon in part because of Microsoft. The "do no evil" motto was a direct shot at MS, and everybody felt relief.

Only the geeks cared about the “do no evil”.

Post by benignslime » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:26 PM UTC

AlleyTrotter wrote: post #150

To be fair How much has Google contributed to the Trump campaign? Sick and tired of media blaming everything on DJT.

Post by benignslime » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:29 PM UTC

hpoe wrote: post #57

quotemstr wrote: post #39

Is there any doubt that this is some kind of score-settling? Republicans hate Google. I don't think people inside the SV bubble appreciate just how intense this hatred has become. You know the seething, implacable anger, that bile that comes up out of your stomach when you think of a politician you don't like? A lot of republicans feel that way about Google. This hatred doesn't come out of nowhere. Google's leaders c…

I'll throw out there that I am a Republican and I don't hate google, I don't hate it with a mindless passion and seeing red at the very mention of its name type of thing. Honestly the more I am on HN the more I see that hating a company is pretty dumb, I work in a big org that big org has thousands of people making thousands of decisions, nobody has good information and half the people making decisions are incompeten…

Post by unlinked_dll » Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:31 PM UTC

cloakandswagger wrote: post #104

murph-almighty wrote: post #61

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At face value, maybe. But it's worth noting that this administration tried to stop the AT&T-Time Warner merger while suggesting that it would go through if Time Warner divested itself of CNN. I supported the action, but not the reasons why- it was a legislative hurdle that aimed to take out a source of journalism that was critical of the administration. That in turn has colored my opinion of any antitrust action this…

That has been a common pushback to many media/broadcasting mergers though. It presents a real threat to freedom of the press when a broadcasting company absorbs a media company as they can more easily suppress stories that don't serve their interests. CNN being critical of the administration is immaterial (practically all large media outlets are). The concern from the administration seems justified rather than malici…