MSN Planning to Take on Google?

asyn42 writes "CNet is reporting what should be no surprise, Microsoft appears to be readying itself to take on Google for a position as the top search engine. The long range impact on the relationship between MSN and Yahoo/Inktomi is likely at risk."

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They think they own your computer.

[twitter]

The new WinFS (WinFS is not a file system), and one or two additions, they may claim a distributed database search. They can read your email and everyting else on your computer, what does Google have to beat that? Like everything else M$, it won't really work but they will praise it with billions of dollars worth of adverts, product review and astroturfing. They will also step up efforts to poison Google, an effort as likely to work as their Linux virus efforts have.

Re:News flash:

[nsda's_deviant]

maybe it isn't newsworthy but think about this:
why in the fuck does microsoft have to go out and dominate the market in EVERYTHING?

Microsoft went out and NEEDED to be the number 1 portal so they created MSN. They NEEDED to be number 1 in instant messaging so they created MSN Messenger, They NEEDED to be number 1 in browsers so we have IE, also for refrence: XBOX, Office, MS Money, MSN Internet Access, Media Player

All of those products are completelly unprofitable (except Office), but why is Microsoft out to dominate the entire world? Sure there are the evil jokes but can't Microsoft give us decent operating systems that don't choke until the 5th revision? Why are they devoting so many resources to tasks that are seeminglly insignigent? What kind of benefits can Microsoft actually gain by out doing google?

I'm not invested in MS but I have a hard time seeing how all of these directions at MS are going to help MS as generating revnue. So what if IE6 has won the world? Does winning the browser race actually matter?

So far it looks like Microsoft wants to be like the evil corperation in Alien.

Re:Found it

[lightcycle]

And microsoft zealots complain about linux having a long way to go towards usability... oh the irony

Re:All I can say is

[tgrigsby]

Google is popular, but Alta Vista rocks. And one step down for accuracy, but mucho points for organization, is Vivisimo. For performance and functionlity, Google is a high school project in comparison.