Microsoft's case against Google rests on file found in recyc
WinInfo | at | by Mike
You've probably heard about Microsoft's lawsuit in which the software giant is attempting to prevent one of the people who helped found its China-based research center, Kai-Fu Lee, from starting a similar enterprise for Google. What you might not know is that Microsoft's legal case is apparently based largely on a file the company found in the Recycle Bin of one of Lee's XP computers. The document describes terms of the hiring agreement between Google and Lee and notes that Google anticipated Microsoft's lawsuit. That's pretty hilarious because Google's public comments about this case are quite different. The company at one time noted that Lee isn't a "search expert" and therefore shouldn't be bound by the employment agreement he signed when he originally joined Microsoft. So if he isn't a search expert, why would Google believe that Microsoft would attempt to block his hiring, based on the fact that the employment agreement prevented him from seeking a job at a direct competitor of Microsoft? More important, why wasn't Lee smart enough not to load Google documents on his Microsoft work PC and not delete them properly? He must not be a PC expert, either.