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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Apple and Google alliance &amp;#8212; makes sense given culture, goals</title><link>http://venturebeat.disqus.com/</link><description>News about Tech, Business and Innovation</description><atom:link href="https://venturebeat.disqus.com/apple_and_google_alliance_8212_makes_sense_given_culture_goals/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:11:03 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Apple and Google alliance &amp;#8212; makes sense given culture, goals</title><link>http://venturebeat.com/2006/08/30/apple-and-google-alliance-makes-sense-given-culture-goals/#comment-14667223</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Isn't this quite common in large companies? I believe even Cisco including other giants have a Google exec on board. Why so much importance attached to this particular event? Is it just because Goog/Apple are considered to be MSFT's rivals?&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Startups.in/India</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:11:03 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>