Giants on a lawsuit over an employee.
As the search engine competition is in a top level with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft competing, I heard a news today as follows. Microsoft sued Google yesterday (07.19.2005), for hiring one of their top employers to head a new research lab in China. As Microsoft argued, taking such a position in a direct competitor is illegal. And also Microsoft point the finger towards Google for encouraging him to do so.
As news explained, Dr. Lee is a well known character in the industry and he has worked for Silicon Graphics and Apple.
When google is growing so fast while offering new wide range of services, losing Dr. Lee will be a huge issue for Microsoft to retain in the competition.
So we'll look forward to see the continuation.
One interesting point I noticed was the demand that Bill Gates have given to the qualified professional in this industry, as he says that the major problem is talented computer science graduates.
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