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		<title>Google vs. the Government: a Case of Hubris Catching Up with a Giant?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashkan Karbasfrooshan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure the government&#8217;s desire to target the bull&#8217;s eye over Google&#8217;s back instead of MSFT has anything to do with it hating success.
I think it has more to do with Google&#8217;s brashness.  As an entrepreneur, I respect Google for that confidence, but if I were in the Department of Justice and looked at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure the government&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/10/BUI812QQD2.DTL" target="_blank">desire</a> to target the bull&#8217;s eye over Google&#8217;s back instead of MSFT has anything to do with it <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/09/09/we-hate-success" target="_blank">hating success</a>.</p>
<p>I think it has more to do with Google&#8217;s brashness.  As an entrepreneur, I respect Google for that confidence, but if I were in the Department of Justice and looked at anti-trust matters, you better believe that a company that does $17B in revenues, launches satellites in the sky and launches product upon product (<a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/google-where-are-they-now" target="_blank">successful or not</a>) would raise some eyebrows.</p>
<p>In fact, conceptually speaking: Google&#8217;s efforts in launching free, Ad[Sense]-supported products is not all that different than MSFT&#8217;s bundling of products within Windows.</p>
<p>Regardless, the lesson here is simple: you sow what you reap, be it with your own government or with that of others.</p>
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