Gates on Google

EnsignExtra writes " A long and interesting article in Fortune on the battle between Gates and Google. 'Forced to watch Google's stock soar the way Microsoft's used to, and Brin and Page enjoy their roles as tech's new rock stars, Gates brings to the fight a ferocity that nobody has seen since the Netscape war a decade ago. Their popularity gets under his skin. "There's companies that are just so cool that you just can't even deal with it," he says sarcastically, suggesting that Google is nothing more than the latest fad, adding, "At least they know to wear black."...Trying to build a Google killer, however, has turned out to be truly humbling for Microsoft.'"

Comments

Re:Microsoft is too gaudy

[Anonymous Coward]

you faggots who spell microsoft with a dollar sign are goddamn retards

stop it

Re:GOffice?

[I'm Spartacus!]

Corporations will buy this data and purchase very precise profiles of each of us, enabling them to efficiently shake even more money from our wallets using all sorts of psychological enticements that will be very hard to defend against.

So what? If companies want to target me for advertising things that I am genuinely interested in, I'm all for it. Heck, it's better than being inundated with ads for crap I don't have the least bit of interest in. Just because you can't hold on to your own wallet doesn't mean we all have that problem.

This so-called invasion of privacy is nothing compared to the ways the U.S. government is invading the privacy of its citizenry. Believe me, for-profit companies don't want to waste their time (i.e. money) targeting customers that have no interest in their products. Since the government is not a for-profit entity, it has no such qualms about robbing you and using those funds to spy on you.