Nevertheless, Google's response will be interesting.
It's not about rational intent - it's about suing the government over alleged anti-competitive behavior only to not have certification in the first place. Whether it's a miscommunication or something else - the fact that it appears - prima facie - a complete ass up by Google is humorous.
I say humorous only in the sense that it loathes Microsoft with all it's being - and currently it's eating straight up fail cake.
The legal battle is not with Microsoft. It is with "The United States".
How would you want him to refer to Google as?
>The author seems overly aggressive, and assumes that whatever "Google" did, it did rationally and intentionally.
Said author is a VP and general counsel of Microsoft, what do you expect?
>I think the most reasonable explanation will involve some large amount of miscommunication between several people who work for Google.
It is really hard to imagine such a long and protracted miscommunication over such a key thing while suing the US federal government.