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Google sues the United States for pro-Microsoft bias and the future of cloud computing | |
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| Time: 08:00 EST/13:00 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Which is bigger? Google, Microsoft or the United States Government? Thanks to a lawsuit filed by Google against the United States Government, we’re about to find out. What could have lead Google to sue the United States? According to the lawsuit, Google was denied the chance to host the Department of the Interior’s Document system on Google Docs because they require any winning system to be part of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 11/2/2010 12:36:24 PM |
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Grab a chair and some popcorn.
As much as I'd like to see Google prevail here, and they should based on the US govt's own rules, I'm waiting for an ace to fall out of the gov'ts sleeve. We all know that rules are rules and to stand by your principles, but all that goes out the window as soon as big dollars are involved. Quick! Burn the competition guidelines and find the loophole! Microsoft's revenues must be protected! |
| #2 By 20505 (75.84.254.249) at 11/2/2010 2:34:35 PM |
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Latch,
You've already taken sides on this one? Two sumo wrestlers grappling for position, that’s all I see. |
| #3 By 20505 (75.84.254.249) at 11/2/2010 2:34:45 PM |
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Dag nabit, double post. This post was edited by oldog on Tuesday, November 02, 2010 at 14:35. |
| #4 By 143 (216.205.223.146) at 11/2/2010 2:53:31 PM |
| If you think this is bad wait for the T-Baggers scheme. |
| #5 By 8556 (173.27.244.6) at 11/2/2010 5:41:10 PM |
| Google is suing to change the rules. Federal specs are normally written around the first product approved for use. In this case it is MS software. To get on the same spec Google needs to get on the Qualified Products List (QPL). To do so, their software must meet the current specs. The other acceptable path is to lobby to get a new spec written in such a way that the updated spec if followed by an "A", or "B" of the current spec is already an "A" revision, etc. Within the specs Types can be specified that have differing requirements. Going to the courts to get on a spec is the dumbest thing Google could have done. Good luck Google. You're going to need it. |
| #6 By 20505 (75.84.254.249) at 11/2/2010 6:07:50 PM |
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#5
I read your post twice. I think I get it... but this kind of bureaucratic BS is an excellent example why people are befuddled with government, and apropos of the comment from #4, a reason why people are attempting to find another path to “sanity” in government. I personally find it fascinating that there is so much resentment for the “Tea Party” a grass roots movement that hopes to change politics as usual. As I understand it they do not identify themselves as Republican or Democrat. They are loosely organized and rely on electronic media for free flow of information. Agree with them or not this is the political equivalent of open source software and the only hope for the possibility of "democratic" government. |
| #7 By 8556 (173.27.244.6) at 11/2/2010 11:14:49 PM |
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#6: Most companies, familiar with or new to the federal approval system, work to get the existing FED-specs modified to allow their products to be used. The easiest way is to request the specification be updated to include new types of products, hence TYPE I, TYPE II, would be on a specification that provides for some form of competition or choice. There are consultants that can help get to the proper agency to learn how to have a spec updated, if the person that used to do it is no longer around or testing labs have been merged or closed. This post was edited by bobsireno on Tuesday, November 02, 2010 at 23:16. |
| #8 By 17855 (204.236.219.42) at 11/3/2010 7:24:36 AM |
| This is more about publicity than any interest in providing a product. AKA a marketing stunt. |
| #9 By 8556 (173.27.244.6) at 11/3/2010 3:13:24 PM |
| #8: Nobody sues the US government for publicity reasons alone. Google doesn't need publicity as anyone that is conscious, and not on a deserted island, has heard of Google. |
| #10 By 428624 (70.67.12.154) at 11/4/2010 10:08:12 AM |
| The government should do a trade. Google pays the 30 billion in taxes it has avoided, the government buys Google Docs. |
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