Microsoft, a company with notable experience in antitrust litigation, is a member of an association of search-related businesses called FairSearch.org which supports antitrust action against Google. However, as Search Engine Watch has noted in a discussion of issues regarding Google’s search servcie and smart phone operating system,
As you can see, answers to these questions could apply to more than just Google. Other groups, most notably Apple and Microsoft, would suffer the consequences of the legal precedents if Google was restricted in any of these areas.
Microsoft and other companies urging regulatory action against one or more of the competitors should be aware that they may end up subject to the restrictions they support for their rivals.
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