Oh. My. F*. God. Just look at the comment section below the article. It's chockfull of microsoft's PR drones and MVPs saying all kinds of nasty things about Google and Apple and not really disclosing their affiliations with microsoft.
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#22Re: Microsoft's anti-Google campaign gets a boost, from Google
#23Oh. My. F*. God. Just look at the comment section below the article. It's chockfull of microsoft's PR drones and MVPs saying all kinds of nasty things about Google and Apple and not really disclosing their affiliations with microsoft.
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I like how the Google fans and Microsoft haters on this story so far are commenting about the commenters instead of commenting on the story about Google using its influence to block a popular smartphone app from Windows Phone.
Great job guys,you should apply at Google PR if you already don't work there or own their stock.
Edit: Ninja delete but I caught it in time! Here's the post before he/she deleted it:
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Kinda like CloudNine, the person who submitted this article, is a Microsoft employee.
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#24Earlier discussions: C&D takedown to Microsoft by Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715168 Microsoft's response(Lying at #40 on second page because of heavy flagging by Google fans in spite of it having more votes than many stories on front page): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715889
It is a common misconception that if you have a very low opinion of microsoft you are automatically either a rabid Google fanboi or a rabid Apple fanboi. Myself, I don't hold either Google or Apple in especially high esteem.
You have to understand, however, that the generalized hatred of microsoft is nothing more, nothing less than a direct consequence of microsoft's past coming back to haunt them. No other company in tech comes even close to having so many skeletons in the closet. People have long memories and asking them to ignore microsoft's past is pure intellectual dishonesty.
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#25Earlier discussions: C&D takedown to Microsoft by Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715168 Microsoft's response(Lying at #40 on second page because of heavy flagging by Google fans in spite of it having more votes than many stories on front page): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715889
I flag subs like these because the comment threads are fucking awful.
Re: Microsoft's anti-Google campaign gets a boost, from Google
#26Oh. My. F*. God. Just look at the comment section below the article. It's chockfull of microsoft's PR drones and MVPs saying all kinds of nasty things about Google and Apple and not really disclosing their affiliations with microsoft.
And Google employees/shareholders never post anything bad about Microsoft online, like on HN, right? I have a bridge to sell to you.
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#27So the implication of the article is that Microsoft deliberately made a YT app that they knew Google would be forced to C&D just so they could use that as a cog in a PR campaign? Seems penny wise pound foolish if true.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I like how the Google fans and Microsoft haters on this story so far are commenting about the commenters instead of commenting on the story about Google using its influence to block a popular smartphone app from Windows Phone. Great job guys,you should apply at Google PR if you already don't work there or own their stock. Edit: Ninja delete but I caught it in time! Here's the post before he/she deleted it: weareconvo…
OK, reposting my other comment here because the FUD is getting ridiculous. Here goes:
It is a common misconception that if you have a very low opinion of microsoft you are automatically either a rabid Google fanboi or a rabid Apple fanboi. Myself, I don't hold either Google or Apple in especially high esteem.
You have to understand, however, that the generalized hatred of microsoft is nothing more, nothing less than a direct consequence of microsoft's past coming back to haunt them. No other company in tech comes even close to having so many skeletons in the closet. People have long memories and asking them to ignore microsoft's past is pure intellectual dishonesty.
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#29So the implication of the article is that Microsoft deliberately made a YT app that they knew Google would be forced to C&D just so they could use that as a cog in a PR campaign? Seems penny wise pound foolish if true.
No, they got tired of begging Google for a Youtube app for close to three years for Windows Phone, so they went ahead and made one so that Windows Phone users will finally have a good app instead of getting frustrated by Google's deliberate strategy to make Windows Phone less attractive.
And Google wants to pull away that app from WP users by using legal bullying tactics.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like how the Google fans and Microsoft haters on this story so far are commenting about the commenters instead of commenting on the story about Google using its influence to block a popular smartphone app from Windows Phone. Great job guys,you should apply at Google PR if you already don't work there or own their stock. Edit: Ninja delete but I caught it in time! Here's the post before he/she deleted it: weareconvo…
OK, reposting my other comment here because the FUD is getting ridiculous. Here goes: It is a common misconception that if you have a very low opinion of microsoft you are automatically either a rabid Google fanboi or a rabid Apple fanboi. Myself, I don't hold either Google or Apple in especially high esteem. You have to understand, however, that the generalized hatred of microsoft is nothing more, nothing less than…
Okay, I was confused because people don't seem to be condemning Google for their evil lockout tactics here and are instead commenting on commenters.
Criticizing Google for being evil does not mean they're supporting Microsoft here or that they're MVPs or PR drones.