Microsoft Google draw agreed to drop all lawsuits

On April 23, according to the Fortune reported, perhaps even life and death the enemies will sometimes choose to smile and laugh. A few days ago, Microsoft and Google announced that they had decided to cancel all overseas or United States native, regulatory complaints against the other, but the two giant also said, would not stop competing with each other on the product.

Google spokesman said in a statement: “our companies competitive, but we all want to resort to the advantages of the product to the competition, rather than on the effort to engage in legal proceedings. So, we reached a consensus agreement on patent infringement issues, agreed to drop all the regulatory complaints against other companies. ”

In response to this, Microsoft has also released a similar statement, saying its idea is similar to Google, Microsoft plans to fight on the product side with Google, but will no longer involve regulatory complaints.

Microsoft spokesman said in a statement: “Microsoft has already agreed to withdraw all the regulatory complaints against Google, which also reflects the priority we turn now to the legal proceedings of the adjustments, we will continue to aim to enhance our business to compete and to provide consumers with better services. ”

The timing of the reconciliation between the two parties appeared on Google, is more timely.

Earlier this week, the European Commission (EC) official Alphabet subsidiary Google antitrust lawsuits, allegations which abuse the dominant advantages of Android mobile operating system. In the Android system of the European Commission after an in-depth investigation, allegations the company illegally by virtue of its dominance in the market, “to curb competition”. Specifically accuse Google of the European Commission in order to enhance its Play Store usage, require phone manufacturer shipped pre-installed on the devices it search applications and Chrome browser, so as to stop the vendor to other non-Google’s Android system. In addition, the Commission also refers to Google in order to attract companies and mobile operators to use Google as their default search engine, and the corresponding remuneration is paid to the latter.

Members of the EU competition Department magelite·weisitage (Margrethe Vestager) at a press conference held on Wednesday, “said Google in mobile devices, the pursuit of a global strategy to protect and expand its dominance in the Internet search field. Leading market should bear the responsibility not to abuse its dominant position in order to limit the competition. ”

Weisitage added that Google’s market share of the European market services 90%, and create an atmosphere that “hampered the development of other possible Android system, while the Android system would have had a chance to grow into a can for many applications and services to provide adequate competition for major platforms. ”

A charge for the European Commission, Google did not agree and said: “Android adoption of open source software and open innovation, has created an extraordinary, important, sustainable ecosystems. ”

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The Google antitrust charges, it is the European Commission’s second shooting. Last year, the European Commission had been accused of abusing its dominance of the search market, with its shopping service rivals an unfair advantage.

If we look back at Google with Microsoft during the several months of debate, it should be very easy to find the point of reconciliation is very subtle.

Microsoft has always been many accused Google in search market dominance in Europe’s voice, one of the loudest. For years, Microsoft has been suing Google abused its dominance of the search market in the eurozone. In addition, Microsoft also is a member of fair Organization search FairSearch, FairSearch is made in Europe’s biggest rivals, including Google, travel website Trip Advisor and Expedia, an organization that advocates promoting the search for fair. But now, Microsoft had left the group.

Although Microsoft also faced regulatory charges not less than Google, but Google has never disguised its discontent on the Microsoft. For years, Google’s relationship with Microsoft has been a State of noisy, including their former CEO, Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt) and Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer), and they did not skimp on the bashing.

However, the passage of time, Google’s sangdaer·pichayi new leadership on both sides (Sundar Pichai) and Microsoft satiya·Nadela (Satya Nadella) leading the way, tensions between the two giant companies is finally easing down, began to exercise restraint to show more respect to the other party.

In September of last year, Google and Microsoft finally announced the easing of relations, and announced that it would withdraw all legal charges against other companies design and patent infringement. At that time, sitting in between the two companies about nearly 20 large and small, which includes many legal cases, including mobile handsets, wireless connectivity and network video technology, and so on.

Apart from the easing announced this relationship, Google and Microsoft also added that they would “cooperate in certain patent issues”, and is expected to “begin cooperation in other fields.”

Today, although still many including Google and Microsoft operating systems, mobile services, search experience, such as intense fighting in the area, but they have been showing a sign to get along. Perhaps, like the old saying goes like that, “there is no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. ”

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