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Yahoo! Releases Desktop Search Tool

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thus-faster-only-counts-for-windows dept.

Hobadee writes "According to The Register, Yahoo! has released a desktop search program to compete with Google's. Apparently Yahoo's version is native to Windows, and thus faster than Google's, but less portable. Other question - what does this mean for things like the Google Search Appliance? Personally, I still like 'find / > index' in a cron script, then just grep 'index'...."

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  1. google will always rule by munboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i think there is alot of brand in google, have you ever heard "i need to go yahoo that." until yahoo improves everything as a whole, nobody will care about thier products, no matter how much they buy. BTW, CTRL + F -> Ninjas not found PHAIL

  2. Re:find/grep/index wtf? by mcrbids · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See? This is a large part of why linux isn't mainstream yet. You have far too many luddites who have far too much influence and want to pretend it's still 1979.

    and stuff.

    Is it just me, or does this sound very oxymoronic coming from somebody whose sig line says

    "He who cannot in 64k program, cannot in 512k." ??

    I mean, if 64k isn't consistent with 1979 computer technology, what is?

    --
    I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
  3. My sig is a joke, dumbass [n/t] by RLiegh · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    /i.