Ex-Microsoft executive can recruit for Google

Both sides claimed victory following Washington Judge Steven Gonzalez's ruling in Seattle on Tuesday that also says the executive, Lee Kai-Fu, can't perform certain other tasks at the planned [Google] facility, such as working on technical research and development or setting budgets and co...

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Published inChina daily (North American ed.)
Main Author Joel Rosenblatt and Peter Robison
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y China Daily 15.09.2005
EditionNorth American ed.
Subjects
Internet
R&D
Research & development
Research centers
Search engines
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Summary:Both sides claimed victory following Washington Judge Steven Gonzalez's ruling in Seattle on Tuesday that also says the executive, Lee Kai-Fu, can't perform certain other tasks at the planned [Google] facility, such as working on technical research and development or setting budgets and compensation. In July Google hired Lee, a former Microsoft vice-president, to open the research centre. The case produced documents in which Google claimed Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Executive Steve Ballmer used at times profane criticism of Google and Lee, which underscored the personal nature of the companies' battle for a global audience using their Internet search engines. "Google gets what it wants immediately, and in the long run Google gets a very smart and experienced employee," said Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, in Kirkland, Washington, who doesn't own shares in either company. "I think the larger issue is Microsoft is losing some high-profile employees, and some of them are going to Google."
ISSN:0748-6154