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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: April 02, 2003 Microsoft says to take aim at Google -- "We do view Google more and more as a competitor. We believe that we can provide consumers with a better product and a better user experience."
Reader Comments...
Oh, please. Can't they just leave well enough alone? I suppose it would be easy to default IE to their crappy MSN search engine, but what is the point? Posted by: Lydia on April 2, 2003 09:00 PM
You should be more concerned about the government using companies to data mine. How soon before Uncle Sam has a complete profile on me, from my purchases to my medical history to every last thing I've search for using Google? Oh wait, I forgot, corporations run the government. No difference. Posted by: on April 2, 2003 09:12 PM
If the search interface to msdn.microsoft.com is any clue, there's little indication Microsoft can produce a workable interface to search, let alone a functional underlying engine. It's obvious from their own web site that they do not understand much about "user experience", structuring results, or quickly retrieving *relevant* information (Google's forte).
I'm not a Microsoft-basher at all, but this makes me say, "C'mon Bill, hit 'em with everything you've got, pal!" The only way MS will have a superior search engine is if they buy out Google. Posted by: MadMan on April 3, 2003 12:21 AM
Why the hell can't Windows XP do a complete, accurate full text search of my hard drive? Time and time again it fails to find documents that non-MS programs have no trouble locating. I simply don't use Windows' built-in search function anymore. Posted by: on April 3, 2003 01:37 AM
Based on my readings to date, think thats what MS want to improve considerably in Longhorn i.e. the find my file capability by restructuring the file system into more of a database structure. Implementing google technology as part of the next o/s would be a smart move ... but thats probably not the MS way. Posted by: daniel szuc on April 3, 2003 04:22 AM
Too funny. Maybe Microsoft has become jealous over the attention Google has received lately. The fact that Google has been demonized by various bonehead factions probably confirms Microsoft's suspicions that Google must be doing something right. Microsoft: This town ain't big enough for more'n 1 demon... Posted by: Manchu on April 3, 2003 09:44 AM
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