That didn't take long....Paypal sues Google over Google Wallet

[Skel]

Sounds like their own fault. Says right in the article Google tried to negotiate with them, so when Google didn't like what they were getting (shocker from PayPal!), they found another route.

Although it may cost them (Google), but if it doesn't, tick tock for PayPal's high fees (and possibly existence).

Reminds me of MS back in the 90s.. wait.. sorry, Google is still cool, so it's totally different

 

[ShawnD1]

Reminds me of MS back in the 90s.. wait.. sorry, Google is still cool, so it's totally different

Google is about simplicity. Just make the thing work. Yahoo and MSN search pages were a bloated mess of bullshit and pictures and links nobody clicks. Google's was a little box in the middle of the screen and the page was >90% white space.

Microsoft is the polar opposite of that. Even a bare bones installation of Windows 7 is unbelievably huge, and it's all stuff nobody ever uses. MS tries to put everything in one package.

what the ipod box would look like if microsoft designed it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9HfdSp2E2A

 

[Skel]

Google is about simplicity. Just make the thing work. Yahoo and MSN search pages were a bloated mess of bullshit and pictures and links nobody clicks. Google's was a little box in the middle of the screen and the page was >90% white space.

Microsoft is the polar opposite of that. Even a bare bones installation of Windows 7 is unbelievably huge, and it's all stuff nobody ever uses. MS tries to put everything in one package.

what the ipod box would look like if microsoft designed it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9HfdSp2E2A

I was referring to the business practices of MS back in 90s. MS has a long history of attempting (many times half-heartedly) to work with a company only to then walk away when it was working the way MS wanted. They (being MS) then would go off and create a competing tech and put the hurt, sometimes killing off the other company. Google seems to be doing the same thing of late. Google is still on the cool list, so they’re not being crucified for it.. yet.

Though, while I agree that MS puts way too much flair into their products, comparing the “bloat” of a local installed OS vs a thin client app doesn’t make much sense to me.

 

[DrPizza]

I don't know how trade secrets could possibly apply to this. We're not talking about making pepsi. Paypal is just a simple banking service. What kind of secrets could they have?

Who to bribe so that you're not regulated the same way banks are regulated.

 

[zerocool84]

I hate Paypal. I got robbed out of $300 and they nothing about it.

 

[xanis]

What's the basis for this lawsuit?

"Google does what we do better, more efficiently, and without buttfucking the customers with fees. They stole our business model and secrets and made it better! No fair!"

 

[FDF12389]

Put me on the jury, paypal can go suck a dick.