> Google had "commissioned" the study but the views expressed it it were solely his and Bork's
I agree with the notion that Google is fundamentally different to Microsoft, but I don't understand why reputable people, presumably without any financial need to do so, take money that would give them an appearance of bias on an issue. I'm not saying either Google or Bork did anything wrong here per se. But I know if I had a reputation to protect, I wouldn't do it, because it would color how people perceived me in the future. I would get both sides to fund it or none of them.
I agree with the notion that Google is fundamentally different to Microsoft, but I don't understand why reputable people, presumably without any financial need to do so, take money that would give them an appearance of bias on an issue. I'm not saying either Google or Bork did anything wrong here per se. But I know if I had a reputation to protect, I wouldn't do it, because it would color how people perceived me in the future. I would get both sides to fund it or none of them.