In Dis, Microsoft Suggests Google Isn't Trustworthy
TechFlash has a great interview up right now with Dan'l Lewin, Microsoft's corporate vice president of strategic and business development, among whose chief responsibilities it is to identify which Silicon Valley startups Microsoft should acquire. The interview is wide-ranging, but the most provocative questions and answers center on how Microsoft is perceived today in the Valley as compared with Google. TechFlash: How would you describe the current state of Microsoft's relationship with Silicon Valley? Lewin: I think we have reasonably well acclimated and normalized our relationship, as any large company has a relationship with startups. Consistent, ongoing, basic interaction has been the operating premise for eight years. The routine is, we respond. So the relationship there is predictable.
