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Microsoft Takes Aim At Google

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the battle-of-the-deep-pockets dept.

TiredOfCrap writes "People are underestimating what Microsoft is doing with search technology, says Bill Gates. The head of the software giant told the BBC that its ambition is to be bigger than Google in search. "

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  1. Google is competition by overshoot · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I get the impression that Google is a competitor simply because Gates thinks they are.

    Google is competition because Microsoft can't stand the idea that somehow, somewhere, there is someone in IT who doesn't bow down to Redmond five times a day.

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  2. Bill Gates by johansalk · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I never cease to be impressed when I read something that Bill Gates had said that he's a walking, talking PR machine. The guy is a natural salesman, always on-message, never off it, whatever question you throw at him, even if personal, he'll pitch a microsoft product.

  3. Proposal to make Microsoft Search Useful by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    *Make Microsoft Search so powerful that Microsoft itself can find all the bugs and security holes in each new Windows release.

    Nah, it would still take the power of Google to accomplish that. And even then, it would probably require a distributed processing load to accomplish it quickly.

    Microsoft Bugs @ Home

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  4. Re:Bill has failed already by Tankko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Therefore, no matter what they do (other than cheat) they will always be one website smaller than Google.

    I just added a robots.txt to my site to exclude Google.

    So now they are the same size again.