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How Objective Is Microsoft's Search?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the which-pants-do-geese-wear dept.

bot writes "There have been a number of stories on Microsoft trying to do a 'Netscape' on Google.. what would a world in which Microsoft provides search look like? A search for 'linux' on msn.com give amazon and ebay as the top two results, and a microsoft site promoting migration from Linux to Windows as the fourth listing. A search on MSN India is even more amusing -- the top result is a dead link, and the second one is Linuxsucks.com."

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  1. What a MS search would look like by Daimaou · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think an MS search would look like any other kind of anal sex on the internet.

  2. Re:News like this... by Cytlid · · Score: 5, Funny
    makes me a firm believer in the fact that Microsoft is not objective in any way. Then again, neither is any company, but hey, it's Slashdot, where Microsoft bashing is almost a national pastime :)


    Not true! There are tons of people who hate Microsoft without even knowing what Slashdot is!
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  3. Deja Vu by connsmythe96 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me, or has this been posted before? Or does Microsoft just do so amny stupid things that it all just blends together?

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  4. Re:Actually, the top links are ads by ceejayoz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow... inaccuracies in an article on Slashdot that make MS look worse than it actually is?

    Sheesh, it's like the Twilight Zone! ;-)

  5. try SCO... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Try filling in SCO at the Indian MSN search , the first _5_ lead to sco.com. A coincidence? I think not

  6. Re:Uhoh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    All I know is it'd normally be a blue screen with white writing...

  7. Priceless by Narphorium · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can only imagine the look on thier faces when they see how many times "Linux" has been queried on their search engine in a single day.

    1. Re:Priceless by BrynM · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thanks! That mental image just made my day!

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    2. Re:Priceless by wardomon · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...and in an effort to help skew the results even further, I reloaded the page 10 times

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  8. OTOH, look at the title ... by Roy+Ward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MSN Search: Linux -- More Useful Everyday

    so they got something right :)

    1. Re:OTOH, look at the title ... by LostCluster · · Score: 2, Funny

      More Useful Everyday

      Google: We can't get any more useful, we're already perfect.

  9. Quick! Hang him! by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Facts and reasoning in a Slashdot article? No need for us to get in a hissy-fit over nothing? How dare thee blaspheme our view of the world!

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  10. MSN Linux section by JayJayEm · · Score: 5, Funny

    A search on msn.com also brings up the rather amusing

    http://tech.msn.com/software/OS/Linux/

    section of the MSN website. Watch MS try and sell you boxed RedHat!

  11. Bueller? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet the people who wrote that Apache->IIS migration page are pretty excited to see people actually reading it all of a sudden.

  12. MS ODDITIES by segment · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was starting up an MS program today and came across the following error:

    SoBigF is not your default worm
    would you like to make this your
    default worm?

    click yes cancel

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    1. Re:MS ODDITIES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Again a weakness in Linux. No "default worm". Everyone has to make their own!

  13. Mozilla by acscherp · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the other hand, Mozilla turns up as a "Top Pick" on the same msn search page

  14. only 542? by below_the_sea · · Score: 2, Funny

    Has someone else noted the slight difference in numbers of hits? 542 on MSN vs some 59,300,000 on Google?
    Does anyone know why?

  15. Re:Oh come on... by DashEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Windows is past the 4.0 release, and I'm still laughing, sorry.

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  16. This is Just Too Funny by fidget42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just for giggles, I did a search for "SCO" and you wouldn't believe what I found at the #1 "Featured Site":

    # Santa Cruz Operation Top Pick
    Long-time vendor of UNIX for PCs has made the transition to Linux. [emphasis mine] Learn about their consulting services and their software offerings.
    www.sco.com

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  17. Re:How objective is www.linuxsucks.com? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speaking of corporately-funded websites with agendas, who owns Slashdot again?

    Just injecting some perspective.

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  18. Still Evil by callistosea · · Score: 2, Funny

    Search for "more evil than satan himself" and the first five matches are still to or about Microsoft!

  19. Anyone else notice... by cliveholloway · · Score: 2, Funny
    that the msn linux page has a review for Mandrake 8.0 on it!

    They must have a full time Linux correspondent, eh? :)

    .02

    cLive ;-)

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  20. MS: Cancel button considered harmful by elronxenu · · Score: 2, Funny
    A Redmond spokesman who declined to be identified confirmed today that Microsoft is designing the latest version of its popular Windows(tm) software without a cancel button.

    "Apple removed 1 button from its mouse and used that as a selling point for years," exclaimed the spokesman, "now Microsoft's gone one better and taken out the cancel button. This will make operating a computer so much easier for users, by removing the tiresome need to make decisions about what your computer should do. Microsoft will make the right decision for you!"

    Pundits expressed cautious optimism regarding this new move, saying "This will take the uncertainty out of worm propagation on the Internet. And that can only be considered a good thing."

  21. there's a linux sucks?!? by iamhassi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one that's shocked there's a "Linux sucks" website?? Maybe I've just been brainwashed by /. but I figured everyone loved linux...

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