Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, and one of its resellers have reportedly asked a federal court to dismiss their case against the US Department of the Interior over Microsoft-only bids for cloud-based services.
In October 2010, Google and Ohio-based reseller Onix Networking sued the government agency, which they alleged had stacked the deck against the Google Apps suite of services. According to Google and Onix, the Interior Department had demanded that bidders for a $60 million contract use rival Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite Federal (BPOS) to provide e-mail and messaging services.
Google and Onix have now asked a federal claims court to dismiss the case. Government attorneys representing the Interior Department have said that they would not oppose the motion, but told the court that contrary to Google's claim, no agreement had been struck.
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