Fair or unfair? Schmidt's Google Goes To Authorities About MSN - Forbes.com: "Google, led by Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, seems to be feeling the heat already from the impending update of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the Web browser which is used by 85% of the world's PCs and which is set to be released with Windows Vista later this year as an updated version 7....
The complaint has initially prompted some to chortle at what looks to be a case of the pot calling the kettle black--Google happens to have its own search tool integrated into Microsoft's rival web browsers Firefox and Opera. But Google is deadly serious. A spokesman for the search giant, Steve Langdon, said that the company had approached the U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission about the issue, though no formal complaint had been filed.
"We have spoken with the commission as part of its investigation of Vista," Langdon said. "We have expressed our concerns that Microsoft's approach to setting search defaults in IE7 benefits Microsoft while taking away choice from users." He added that Google was not aware of a similar investigation in the U.S. but had also spoken to the Department of Justice "generally about our business and the importance of preserving competition in the search market."
....this points to the fact that Google will not rest on its laurels when it looks like its share of the market is at stake. "
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