Microsoft make it clear that it was one of the companies leading the charge against Google worldwide. Recently  Microsoft Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner publish an article  in a blog entitled “Competition Authorities and Search” and exposed  that they are concerned about Google business practices that tend to lock in publishers and advertisers and make it harder for Microsoft to gain search volume.

Recently European authorities asked Google to explain its search algorithms after complaints from competitors (Microsoft, Yahoo) ”Microsoft argued  that leading firms should not be punished for their success.  A Google representative declined to comment on Microsoft’s post. Recent statements from both sides make clear that the two most diametrically opposed companies in the tech industry are Microsoft and Google. The two titans are increasingly locked in a struggle to define the next generation of computing.