Simon Smith of eVestigator comments on the attack on Microsoft now with Google stepping in - "How dare they?"

As a 20 year industry experienced Master Programmer, lecturer of 16 years and developer of multi-million dollar software and enterprises I have written software that 'works' on my own back. It sickens me to see these puny little wars from giant companies that from the outside are all abusing the customer. Microsoft built the operating system. They have a right to create software. They are a software company. The other security companies need to get over it. If they feel threatened, then my Cyber Security Investigative instincts come out and we won't go there.

Google, how dare they. I am an avid Android, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, and iOS programmer and have been for a long time. I have never seen one of these devices with their firmware come with another browser of another's. The first thing Google.com does when it is visited on Internet Explorer is everything in its power to claim how it is so much faster than Internet Explorer and display massive banners over your websites to convince you to install Chrome.

Thirdly, noticing a trend that I don't like about all software. Gone of the days of packaging your software. There are now little tick boxes that you have to be aware of. This is deceptive. Most software these days is encapsulated in a shell installer that installs by default a nice set of preferences (cough spyware/browser toolbars cough) that you didn't know you were installing if you click yes, yes, install only to realise you did not see the little tick box.

From a anti-competitive perspective, and from my Cyber Investigative background complementing my programming background Google are the last to talk. I cannot release further information other than what is in the public, however I will say that there is a ruling out that makes Google a secondary publisher in Australia which significantly changes the rules and all it takes is someone to exercise those rules to really show Google the power of the law of dominance.

Sundar Pichai, vice president for product management at Google, said in a blog: "We are applying to become a third party in the European Commission's proceedings."

The European Commission (EC) has confirmed it has sent a statement of objections to Microsoft about the tying of the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system. The EC said: "It harms competition between web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces consumer choice."

Apple are almost most definitely always packaging Apple Only software. At least it is actually possible to install products between Google and Microsoft. That is not the same when it comes to Apple. Software Development has become a question of domination - and if I were the authorities, they all should be fined. They are all in breach of market dominance and anti-competitive tactics.

Why does someone try so hard to fight their competitor? It is usually because they don't believe in their own product.

Simon Smith. Cyber Fraud Investigator - Expert Witness, Master of Cyber Security and Cybercrime, Cyberstalking, Social Engineering Reverse Intelligence and a Senior Analyst Programmer, Public Figure. 

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