Google decided not to

Dissatisfied with the way Microsoft redesigned its internal search feature in Windows Vista, Google decided to continue to wear the case and asked the Court to closely monitor Microsoft's business.

Last April, Google filed a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice, accusing Microsoft of violating the settlement agreement with the government about anti-competition. According to Google, the default desktop search feature in Vista takes up too much hard drive space, making it almost impossible for users to run Google Desktop Search.

If you try to activate Google desktop Search, the computer will run sluggishly like a turtle because of overload, while users have no way to turn off the search function of Windows Vista.

After the press reported that the lawsuit and the rumor were loudly reported, Microsoft had to go down to the country, conceding Google. The software giant agrees to revise the default search feature above, allowing users to choose either it, or external desktop search tools.

Turn to advocacy

Source: Jam Even so, the battle between the two giants still escalates without signs of cooling down. Google expressed dissatisfaction, accusing Microsoft of using and changing halfway. Meanwhile, the settlement agreement between Microsoft and the US government has been signed since 2001 and most of the content will "expire" in November next.

Tonight, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly will listen to a hearing from Microsoft and government lawyers. The focus of the discussion will include Google's first complaint, the changes Microsoft made last week, as well as the latest complaint from Google.

In fact, Google first complained about the search feature inside Vista since late December last year, but Microsoft quickly licked it, denying the allegations.

Prior to the latest lawsuit filed by the search giant, Microsoft's latest "controversy" is proof why Google is not allowed to interfere with Microsoft's agreement with the government. It is possible to argue that Microsoft made the agreement build on a bilateral basis, with no third-party interruption.

In case the judge sided with Microsoft and denied Google's intervention, the new "duel" wouldn't mean much more than a PR campaign - the way many observers have said.

Trong Cam