They bought a company before duckduckgo existed that owned duck.com.
I guess it's becoming fashionable to think of Google as the new Microsoft. Sometimes it's fair. In this case, it's not.
I guess it's becoming fashionable to think of Google as the new Microsoft. Sometimes it's fair. In this case, it's not.
How is my question consistent with things people have said about Microsoft? It's not when they bought it, it's how they reacted to Gabriel contacting them about it.
And the timing of it definitely matters. It shows their decision to acquire the domain was not influenced by competition.
As for how they reacted to Gabriel, I'm not sure what their specific reaction was but I probably wouldn't give up a 1-word, 4-letter domain regardless of the state of the competition. The fact that the competition decided to name their company something I own would be unfortunate for them. Too bad. So sad. SOL.
Why are you so aggressively set on defending Google when I'm not really even attacking them?
With your statement, you're implying malicious intent. I'm stating that I don't see it together with substance to back up my statement. That's not "aggressively set on defending Google." That's simply trying to clearly make an argument.
No aggression here related to this topic :)