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Who Will Join Microsoft in the Portal Wars?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the choosing-sides dept.

madman writes "In the light of the recent changes in the search war, like the Google/Dell partnership and eBay/Yahoo! alliance, Microsoft is facing a complicated question: Who are they going to ally with? Will they try to face the competition alone?"

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  1. "Who are they going to ally with?" by talkingpaperclip · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Who are they going to ally with?"

    The dark side, obviously.

    1. Re:"Who are they going to ally with?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Son.. er Appl.. oh, wait. That's redundant.

  2. They will all be assimilated... by midifarm · · Score: 1, Funny

    Resistance is futile!

  3. One of 2 choices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Either Microsoft will join forces with Hotmail, or else MSN will team up with Microsoft for battle.

  4. Domain Squatters by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously. Microsoft needs to join with domain squatters. Microsoft could totally dominate the domain squatter portal market by integrating their Live search engine into the domain squatters' Yahoo-like categorized site listings and offers to sell you the domain for $X,XXX.

  5. AOL! by 9mm+Censor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know I would definately BUY vista, if I got like a free trail for AOL. I have been hankering to try that out but cant find those CDs anywhere.

  6. It may seem unlikely... by minitual · · Score: 0, Funny

    but Apple/Microsoft would dominate the market!

  7. Re:The Spooks by dhasenan · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's always the FBIMSNSAT&TSA. And what about the FBIMSNSAT&TSATF? Now we can get the FBIMSNSAT&TSATFBIMSNSAT&TSA if we want....

  8. Re:Microsoft doesn't partner with folks it assimil by ozmanjusri · · Score: 2, Funny
    Who has ever done it and lived to tell the tale?

    Satan?

    --
    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."