Microsoft calls Google-FTC settlement "weak"

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Neowin.net said:
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As we reported earlier today, the US Federal Trade Commission entered into a settlement agreement with Google that will include promises by Google to change some of its practices. Today, Microsoft's Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner made it clear in a statement that Microsoft feels the FTC could have done more to make Google change its ways.

Heiner's blog post states:
The FTC’s overall resolution of this matter is weak and—frankly—unusual. We are concerned that the FTC may not have obtained adequate relief even on the few subjects that Google has agreed to address.

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