The thinking was that cyber threats would keep proliferating for the foreseeable future, and defense companies were more likely to have the necessary clearances and market knowledge to compete in cyberwarfare than outsiders like Google or Microsoft.

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The place might feel like a Google or a Microsoft, but there's no free food here.

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Under the procedure envisioned by House Republicans, companies (like Google, Microsoft or Intel) that want to see more unlicensed spectrum would bid on that option.

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This means enterprise users now have a three-way choice for office productivity: remote delivery of desktop applications, browser-based cloud solutions like Google Docs or the native, Microsoft-compatible LibreOffice suite that comes pre-installed.

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"If someone wanted to grow here into a major campus--like a Microsoft or a Google--we couldn't accommodate them, because there's not enough room, " says Ceil Cirillo, director of economic development for the city.

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The worry for Groupon investors is that Google or some other giant squashes it like Microsoft squashed Netscape.

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Because Google offers Android for free, including the source code, it makes Google look like a saint, or a company of higher moral standard than Apple or Microsoft.

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