Google Faces Plagiarism Questions Over Chinese Software

yaohua2000 writes "Google's laboratory in China has launched its first product, a Pinyin Input Method Editor. The software allows the romanized characters to be translated to more traditional Chinese symbols , via entering on a QWERTY keyboard. Users soon discovered that the data Google used for the product was unusually similar to the data used by a Chinese rival, Sogou. Google has evaded the question about software similarities, reports PC World. 'The similarities, which included an error involving the name of a celebrity, were noted on a Google Labs discussion board about its Pinyin IME. Users noted that entering the Pinyin pinggong into the Google IME incorrectly produced the name of Feng Gong, an actor and comedian.'"

Comments

Do no evil my ass

[0racle]

Then again, you had to be really stupid to believe that to begin with.

Re:Ironic, isn't it?

[mboverload]

> Of all the countries in the world to bitch about someone stealing or copying...

Strange how you wouldn't have said this if it was Microsoft.

Pinyan Input Method

[dtfinch]

I misread pinyin and just about lost it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Pinyan