Microsoft and Google ended their regulatory war after new CEOs were appointed. (Photo : Getty Images)
Google and Microsoft are calling a truce after the two biggest tech companies dropped regulatory complaints against each other and agreed to settle issues between themselves.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Internet giant and the PC software mogul are ending their dispute that have been brought into different avenues all around the world including the European Union, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and India.
Sources told the WSJ that the warming relations between the two companies was brought about by the appointment of new bosses, Satya Nadella for Microsoft and Google's Sundar Pichai.
"Our companies compete vigorously, but we want to do so on the merits of our products, not in legal proceedings," a Google spokesperson told the outlet. "As a result, following our patent agreement, we've now agreed to withdraw regulatory complaints against one another
Meanwhile, a Microsoft representative explained to Re/code that the company is changing its legal priorities, which resulted in the withdrawal of all regulatory complaint against Google.
"We will continue to focus on competing vigorously for business and for customers," the Microsoft rep said in a statement.
While they have indeed reached a peaceful agreement, Re/code noted that Microsoft and Google did not confirm any product commitment with each other.
Alphabet Inc., the company behind Google, was previously headed by CEO Eric Schmidt, while Microsoft had Steve Ballmer.
The two bosses were far from friendly with each other especially after Google pirated Mark Lucovsky, one of the top engineers of Microsoft.
At the time, Ballmer became a trending topic online especially after he reportedly threw a chair and cursed Schmidt, based on a statement from Lucovsky as quoted by Battelle Media.
"At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office. Mr. Ballmer then said: 'F***ing Eric Schmidt is a f***ing pussy. I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google,'" the statement read.
