Microsoft Working With Justice To Fight Cyber-Crime

from the you-scratch-my-back... dept

The Misanthrope writes "Is this the fox guarding the henhouse (and probably making a deal with the farmer) or what? But beyond that, I don't know how Steve Ballmer can say some of the things he does with a straight face." It is somewhat surprising. Considering the fact that the Justice Department had been trying to break Microsoft up into tiny pieces and for a while it looked like they might succeed - to then see Microsoft "partnering" with them to deal with cybercrime seems a little odd. Normally, I might have said that another company in this spot would have put the legal fight behind them in order to deal with the "greater good", but Microsoft doesn't seem to put stuff behind them.

Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 

Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>


A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
From the Techdirt Archive...
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This