m$ to Google: do not dare take away from us what isn't ours

[Brandon Sandrowicz]

I think that this is the choice quote:

"Enterprise search is our business, it's our house and Google is not  
going to take that business," Turner told 7,000 delegates attending  
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference. "Those people are not going  
to be allowed to take food off our plate, because that is what they  
are intending to do."

Is it any wonder that you get anti-competitive statements coming out  
of the guy they got from Walmart?  It's like he's inviting another  
anti-trust trial, "We won't allow anyone to challenge us.  We are the  
only ones allowed to have enterprise search."  I think he also wins  
the drama queen award for the "take food off our plate" analogy.   
It's not like Microsoft will die on the vine if they lose enterprise  
search, or (god forbid) have to *share* the space with another  
competitor or two.
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