digitalvampire
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As much as I hate to defend Microsoft here, and I REALLY do (Free/Libre software dev & advocate, if that puts it into perspective), I don't see what the problem is. Does Google not provide search results freely and openly to anyone? Is anyone not free to do what they want with those results? (I'm assuming yes, but that may not be the case, I genuinely don't know) So they are just upset that someone is using their results and maybe even repackaging/redisplaying/parsing/etc. them? Then good lord, don't provide the service. You don't think that free software developers get upset that EVERY Apple and Android device has their code on it and they probably don't get the credit they deserve, and zero money? Don't provide a service for free and then get upset when people use it. You do NOT have to provide that service. But at the same time, I understand that their are government regulations. Microsoft Pay in the billions every years for anti-trust fines, no one else even comes close. For example, if I was Google, I'd just block ALL my services from ALL Apple devices once Jobs started running his little mouth. I'd do the same if I was Microsoft. Put them out of business in like a month, but that whole government regulation thing. Anyway, I've made some points, you think about them. Both sides please.