Microsoft To Change Desktop Search After Google Complaint

Raver32 writes to tell us that Microsoft will be making changes to their desktop search tool in Vista after a 49-page antitrust complaint was filed by Google. "Microsoft initially dismissed the allegations, saying regulators had reviewed the program before Vista launched. However, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said in an interview last week that the company was willing to make changes if necessary."

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Sadly this so far means nothing...

[RobertM1968]

Contrary to the title of the article...

Microsoft To Change Desktop Search After Google Complaint

...MS hasnt agreed to do anything...

However, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said in an interview last week that the company was willing to make changes if necessary.

(Micorsoft,) Please define "if necessary"... is it:

• If Google continues their anti-trust case?
• If enough end-users complain
• If they are forced to because of the results of the anti-trust case
• If BillG feels "charitable" towards his competition

Until such a definition is announced by MS, this statement doesnt mean much of anything - except perhaps as an attempt to make the general public think they are addressing the issue of choice on the public's behalf (as most of the general public will probably read into their statement in the same way that happened when the article title was created).

Just my thoughts on the matter...

-Robert