SEO Forum Watch

Macintosh is no longer the only competitor making critical remarks about Windows Vista for the world to see. There’s been a good deal of laughter over at the Cre8asite Forums, where moderator “eKstreme” reported that Google has also been publicly criticizing Microsoft’s Vista platform.

The news previously surfaced in this Breitbart article, which states:

“Internet search leader Google Inc. is trying to convince federal and state authorities that Microsoft Corp.’s Vista operating system is stifling competition as the high-tech heavyweights wrestle for the allegiance of personal computer users.

In a 49-page document filed April 18 with the U.S. Justice Department and state attorneys general, Google alleged that the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system impairs the performance of “desktop search” programs that find data stored on a computer’s hard drive.”

Google’s criticism of its leading competitor is a bit hypocritical, eKstreme points out, because desktop search is nothing new. It also might (or might not) be a mere coincidence that Google filed the legal document just days after Microsoft offered a public outcry encouraging the legal examination of Google’s planned acquisition of DoubleClick’s online advertising service.

Can’t we all just get along?