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Google Muscles Into Microsoft's Turf

Posted by michael on from the many-have-tried,-none-succeeded dept.

gollum123 copies and pastes: "AP has a story on how as Google rapidly rolls out new products, the company best known for its wildly popular search engine is muscling into the software giant's turf, including its stronghold: the computer desktop."

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  1. Google by oexeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    the company best known for its wildly popular search engine

    That's what Google do! I've always wandered.

    1. Re:Google by Teknorat · · Score: 5, Funny

      I used to wander but then my legs got tired so I sat down and began wondering.

    2. Re:Google by madaxe42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yep, if you use google, no more wandering around the internet for you, they'll tell you exactly where to go!

  2. Microsoft shouldn't worry... by thewonderllama.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they can rely on the quality of their products and their customers' loyalty.
    They shouldn't have any problem competing on a level playing field.
    /painfully straight face ~BS

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  3. Re:Google Office by bhima · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm holding out to find the G-Spot.

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  4. I love this part! by KrancHammer · · Score: 3, Funny


    This is the part where Google wakes up in bed with the motherboard of its best server under the sheets with it.

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  5. Re:At least... by big_a · · Score: 3, Funny

    And how, pray tell, do you come to that conclusion?

    Well, "Don't be evil" is their company motto.

  6. Re:Google Office by teslar · · Score: 2, Funny

    GWindows? Nah...

    GLinux will be the way forward, with the all-new, ground-breaking tool called gfind. Of course that will just be an alias to a funky combination of find and grep, but who cares? It's from Google, so it has to be cool.

  7. Re:Google Office by SunPin · · Score: 4, Funny
    And Gwindows.

    That sounds too much like "Gwyndows" and, as such, would remind me of an ex-girlfriend that broke my heart. :)

    Using Gwyndows would be like having her name tattered on me.

    Let this idea die right here, amigo.

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  8. Re:Google Office by SunPin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tattered... ugh... I meant "tattooed".

    No more posting before 11 a.m.

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  9. Re:It might not mean much to the mighty vole... by oexeo · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... but it's still nice to see someone prepared to take them on. Go Google! Go Firefox! Go Linux (And go anything and everyone else that is undermining their monopoly)

    Go Microsoft?

  10. Google to release OS by squoozer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gindows will be a modern cluster only operating system that can find what you want before you know you want it. Comes complete with a minibar.

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  11. A dream by ceeam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google has oogles of cash, buys MacOS, releases it on PC. Wanna puff?

  12. Re:When Google write an operating system.... by krymsin01 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously, every idiot knows it's Puh-leeeese.

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  13. Nah, Google has *really* horned in on M$ turf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They've branched into spreading viruses and setting up spam zombies.

  14. Re:When Google write an operating system.... by ceeam · · Score: 1, Funny
    Please remember: an OS is just another application as well.

    Uhm, what college have you studied at? Please share so that others know to avoid it.

  15. Re:Here's what Google will do... by Dusabre · · Score: 2, Funny

    [I]That's the key for anyone trying to contend...make sure you get 100% software compatability, games included. [/i]

    Cue Mission Impossible music.

  16. Re:Ironic .... by Finuvir · · Score: 1, Funny

    What part of "In actual fact the page for IE was designed for use in the IE search pane, where as the Firefox page is obviously designed to be set as the homepage" didn't you understand?

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  17. Re:It's about information... by d_strand · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm using Gmail, and I can search for messages as quickly as I can search messages locally.

    And yet you say it so casually.... if only i had a Gmail invite....
  18. Re:Google Office by bigpat · · Score: 4, Funny

    " I'm holding out to find the G-Spot"

    I've always thought that is what google should name a new google dating service.

  19. Re:At least... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ask Google? Google says yes, it is their motto.

  20. Re:At least... by schmink182 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Santa and the Easter Bunny announced that they exist, I would probably believe them...