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Google Considering Merger With Microsoft
buford_tannen writes "According to this New York Times Article (registration, etc.), Google may be considering a merger with Microsoft in the near future. As many people know, Google's search services are powered by Linux. "
Um, isn't it still about 5 months until April 1st?
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Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005' Could not find file 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\google\search.mdb'.
More bandwidth, processing power, and resources. I hope this goes through ASAP.
I hate to disagree, but ff Microsoft were to buy Google and start running it, wouldn't it go through ASP?
The page title is 'Mr. Softee Courting Google' despite the article heading.
That's because "Mister Softee" is the nickname for Microsoft among stock traders (from the symbol MSFT).
I'm sure this is Melinda Gates' least favorite nickname for Bill...
In that case, will Microsoft be embedding a Python interpreter into all their apps from now on? Death to .NET!
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I really hope this doesnt happen ....
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I'm sure this is Melinda Gates' least favorite nickname for Bill...
Perhaps she thought it up first? After all, "Microsoft" isn't the double entrendre it once was.
OK, that was a little harsh, even for a world-dominator wannabe like convicted monopolist Billy Gates...
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Microsoft is a pretty bad double entendre - but, then again so is UNIX (which has almost the exact same pronunciation as eunuchs, which means "a castrated man".
"...merger with Microsoft." ???
You don't merge with Microsoft, they simply take you over.
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I bet this story was found by someone at MS pressing the "I'm Feeling Lucky" search
"Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
The proper term is assimilated.
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"That's because "Mister Softee" is the nickname for Microsoft among stock traders (from the symbol MSFT)."
Shouldn't it be Miss Fart?
"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers." Bill Gates,
As root, do this:
/etc/hosts
echo "207.68.176.250 www.google.com" >>
You'll love it.
I heard before that Microsoft's future is bleak, due to the competition by Free Software. But I never thought that they would be bought up by a Linux based company this fast. I expect that their part will be the daily artwork on the Google-logo, since their software has never been entirely convincing. As long as it doesn't mess up my search results, I'm all for it - after all it helps to maintain jobs for quite a large bunch of talented clipart-designers, marketing people and lawyers, who would have a hard time without this charitable gesture.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that Google could possibly buy Microsoft if they really wanted to and their IPO worked out well.
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