Google said August 31 that Sony is bundling the Chrome Web browser on its Sony laptop computers, the search engine company's first such bundling deal to help the now one year-old browser reach more users. Sony did not respond to requests for comment but a Google spokesperson confirmed to eWEEK that Sony is bundling Chrome. The spokesperson declined to provide financial details but claimed: "Users' response to Google Chrome has been outstanding, and we're continuing to explore ways to make Chrome accessible to even more people."
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Member since:2008-08-25
Getting Chrome bundled at the factory could look anti-competitive - raising antitrust concerns - if the strategy is effective and Chrome gains significant market share.
Companies competing against Google may try to use these concerns as a lever for pressing the government to take action.
Being pursued for antitrust, even if there was no grounds for reasonable complaint to begin with, is not in the interest of any company.
If you had told me in 1989 that Windows was going to be the center of antitrust action against Microsoft I wouldn't have believed you; Windows was a marginal product that came bundled with some DTP programs, and OS/2 was the future.
What a different a decade makes. I wouldn't want Google to go down that road, especially when it doesn't have any clear implications for their core business: advertising.
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2006-01-26
Did you mean: trolling
Anyway, it's a healthier one. I think only other giants can compete, so the need of corporate monsters and incentivate being more of them can be a solution for monopoly.
We live in the age corporations as those economical empires are more powerful and influential than governments.
Just think of Godzilla, Heedorah and others fighting. Maybe the world will to the corporate wars, but there will be no other choice.
Edited 2009-09-02 12:34 UTC