[jszymborski]

Interestingly, the other firms cited in the article as taking up the Google fight are Microsoft and Oracle, which both have had their antitrust issues.

This definitely looks like a case of "well, we got in trouble for this, so they should get their come-upings too!".

[ocdtrekkie]

It's always worth noting that today's underdog could be tomorrow's monopolist. When any of these companies get on top, they'll do anything to stay that way.

So like, today I would consider Microsoft an ally against the current monopoly party, but I have no doubt that Microsoft would return to their old ways if they were on top again.