Microsoft to Allow Competitive Search

Aviran Mordo writes to tell us Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is announcing a voluntary policy to help guide the development of Windows in the future. The policy, which Microsoft senior vice president Brad Smith said was 'committed to creating a transparent system that allows open competition,' will start by allowing other search engines like Google to be set by default.

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Re:between the lines

[Anonymous Coward]

I know this post will bring me Flame/Troll mods, but fool me once...

Don't tempt me ... I have mod points and I'm willing to use them

If MS drama was an MMORPG

[voice_of_all_reason]

Microsoft: Yeah, you can take this shortcut through our guildhall to the Orc Camp.
You: Cool
Microsoft: Now just sheath your sword and look straight ahead...
You: Okay (starts walking)
Without warning, Microsoft stabs you from behind!
Microsoft massacres you with incredible force.
Microsoft massacres you with incredible force.
You are bleeding to death...

Re:If MS drama was an MMORPG

[Tackhead]

> Microsoft: Yeah, you can take this shortcut through our guildhall to the Orc Camp.
You: Cool
Microsoft: Now just sheath your sword and look straight ahead...
You: Okay (starts walking)
Without warning, Microsoft stabs you from behind!
Microsoft massacres you with incredible force.
Microsoft massacres you with incredible force.
You are bleeding to death...

Or it could go this way...

Microsoft: Now just sheath your sword and look straight ahead...
You: Okay (starts walking)
Gates: Right. Stick to the plan.
Ballmer: Embrace, enbalm, extinguish.
Darl: All right chums, I'm back! Let's do this! LEEROOOOOOOY JEEENKIIIIIINSSS!!! [runs into you with a lawsuit]

You: WTF?

Gates: [incredulous] ... Oh my God he just ran in. [provides more capital] Ballmer: Oh jeez, stick to the plan. Penrose: [shoots self] Penrose down. Penrose down. Gates: Oh man. ValleyGirl: [shoots self] I'm down. Val down. Baystar: RBC, rez us! RBC, rez us! RoyalBank: RBC down, sorry Baystar. No more funding. RBC down. Baystar: Oh God. Yarro: Oh God.
You strike the Windows installation with a penguin. Microsoft is bleeding to death...
Gates: Why you do this shit Darl?
Ballmer: Darl, you are just stupid as hell.
SCO: 'Least I have chicken.

Re:If MS drama was an MMORPG

[idonthack]

I think the scariest part was you got massacred twice. As if you weren't dead enough already.

Re:Angels!

[Anonymous Coward]

they made halo. and halo 2, 2.

Spyware...

[Anonymous Coward]

As great as this sounds, I just know that a year after Vista comes out 9 out of 10 computers running Vista are going to have some form of spyware running their searches.

Re:Fulll press release text the story is based on.

[ScrewMaster]

Our goal is to be principled and transparent as we develop new versions of Windows

Microsoft. Principled. Transparent.

Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Ha.

Sorry, that blast of humor took me completely by surprise.

Breaking news

[Javaman59]

In a jovial press conference, Microsoft CEO Kevin Turner just announced...

"I was thinking about things over breakfast.. you know.. about life, and what's important, and business, and so on.. and I came to thinking that we've got so much stuff at Microsoft, that we can afford to share it around a bit more. First thing we're going to do is allow Google to compete in corporate search. We'll be announcing other give-aways shortly"

There is some speculation that Microsoft will make Windows Vista free, and open up the source code.

There has been no comment from Google yet.