


Do no evil?


I. A Huge Fine Incoming?









III. A Unique Position -- Tempting Abuse?






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GOOGLE just laughed about this fine
By TheJian on 5/11/2011 8:45:29 PM , Rating: 3
Same as Microsoft or Intel did recently. Microsoft got fined 1.4B or so and probably popped the top on a champagne bottle. I would too if I made 16Bil, killed a competitor illegally, and all you did was ask for 1.4Bil back. You can sue me every year for 1.4Bil (heck 15Billion - go ahead), as long as I'm guaranteed to make 16Bil (oops, they'll make 20bil+ this year, guess I have to up the laughter). I still make money, and one of my competitors is dead. It's a great deal. Until that fine is like 40Bil (monopoly fine should always be more than the company is worth - they stole it after all correct?), they'll break the law and crush competition EVERY chance they get. Yes Google does it too. Everyone does. Because there IS NO PENALTY IF YOU'RE RICH.

Microsoft did it 3 times. Once with DOJ. Laughed. States (11 sued the rest caved IIRC, all under 25mil I think - LOL). Again, laughed. Again with the EU. In total I think they've been fined less than 5Bil and probably made 100+Bil all while killing the competition and strengthening your own positions.

500Mil set aside for the fine. I think that was google just letting them know who they're up against and the DOJ can't win (we probably line your pockets anyway...hehe). You can take us to court for 10 years, fine us 5bil, and we'll still just laugh at you. Oh and here I am setting aside 500mil in laughter even before you get going. Just because I can. Heck I made 4x that just this last 3 months. Your fine is a few weeks work morons! You'll spend the next who knows how many years grinding your noses into the pavement chasing us, and we'll just whip out a check in the end and light a cigar. Heck, we pay the door man to light an illegal cuban for himself, as we head up for more champagne and a ridiculously expensive dinner paid for by that company we crushed....I heck I can't even remember who you sued us over. Never mind, here's your check. Now get out of our face so we can get back to breaking more laws, stifling competition.

Intel did the same with Nvidia and AMD. During the time the shenanigans went on (last 10 years) Intel raked in 60Bil+. Got fined less than 5B. If it's worth more to break the law, expect every company that's big to continue to do it over and over again. I can't believe anyone in here actually calls this a FINE. Only in america can you be a monopoly, be convicted and fined as a monopoly, and still end up a monopoly for years to come after conviction.

I'm all for google as long as they are HELPING us and screwing anyone that tries to stop US from getting said help. Microsoft on the other hand gives us what they want us to have instead of what we want.

In that vein, I hope google gets with Nvidia/Arm and puts the hurt on WINTEL. Can't google just make windows games work on chrome and take the suing that will come 10 years later? It's just a fine...LOL. Pay the next 1.5b (set it aside now...ROFL), and steal directx already (or reverse engineer it), along with about 50% Microsoft's customer base OVERNIGHT.

Wishful thinking?

