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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. Yeah? by sammy+baby · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Oh yeah? Well, my ambition is to lead the NBA in rebounds.

    Of course, I'm 5'6" and 32 years old - not to mention pudgy and with asthma - but ambition is ambition, baby.

  2. I just read this 3 hours ago.. by MaXiMiUS · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Sheesh, I feel like I'm just reading old news articles now on Slashdot. Oh well, at least they're interesting. (PS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4382112.stm)

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    It's never just a game when you're winning. - George Carlin
  3. Too little too late by boxxa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I vote this: NO CHANCE Microsoft missed the search engine technology and google took off on its quest to control the world. Microsoft is way behind and its chances of catching Google are slim to none. It will be only a short time before Google releases its own operating system. Plus, I remember MSN's scaled searches where if you typed anything about open source or linux, their results were still microsoft pages.

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    Bryan
  4. Re:Bland ambition? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Bill does have the resources, but he lacks the talent and vision to make it happen.

    His company is all about marketing, not innovation from Day 1. Hell he was selling a product he didn't even own (or hadn't even bought the rights to). I seriously think that even IF he did have the talent to 'take aim' at google his lack of vision would still make him stumble.

  5. Re:Bland ambition? by gentlemen_loser · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You make an interesting point.

    But do you remember this company/product?

      Netscape