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Google Says Vista Search Changes Not Enough

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the meeting-demands dept.

akkarin writes "Following Google's complaint to Microsoft regarding Vista's 'desktop search,' Google claims that Vista's search has not changed enough: 'Google said yesterday that the remedies don't go far enough. Google chief legal officer David Drummond said in a statement, "We are pleased that as a result of Google's request that the consent decree be enforced, the Department of Justice and state attorneys general have required Microsoft to make changes to Vista."'"

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  1. not component based? by flukus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it really that hard to make an open api with replaceable components. That way google could just plug in their search and have it open to the whole os. MS still seems to be stuck in the monolithic, tightly coupled programming era.

    1. Re:not component based? by EraserMouseMan · · Score: 5, Interesting

      No. Google is stuck in the, "We can force MS to ask their users to install our software in place of theirs because MS is still percieved as a monopoly" mode. Let's see Adobe publish open APIs for their entire Creative Suite. Let's see the Mac OS publish open APIs for their entire OS.

      The idea that Google is still an underdog to MS is pure fantasy. But Google's gonna milk the perception for all it's worth.

  2. Come on... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Look, Google, release your own OS already, and shut up. We know you've been working on one.

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  3. Re:huh by laffer1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't understand why this was moderated flamebait. I suppose it could have been worded differently, but there is a valid point. Some people loved Microsoft in the late 80s and early 90s. Microsoft provided the software that was an alternative to Mac OS. People who hated Apple loved it.

    Microsoft agreed to make changes. Why push it further? I don't like Microsoft's business practices, but I don't see how google is all that much better as of late.

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  4. Re:They have a problem with this *now*? by tapo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Supposedly Google suddenly started complaining about Vista's integrated search four days after Microsoft complained to the FTC about Google's acquisition of Doubleclick. It seems to be a "Oh yeah? Well fuck you!" move.

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  5. Re:huh by bl8n8r · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > "Do no evil unless it gives us money."

    I think you're jumping the gun here. Microsoft is like a fool with a rope; Give 'em enough, and next thing you know they want to be Cowboy Neal. Microsoft has enough money to buy just about any legal outcome they want - and don't fool yourself, they do. Google knows this and is nipping the problem in the bud right now. If they don't, before you know it, you won't even be able to use Google with Vista. Clippy will pop up and direct you to Vista Search instead (or some other such idiotic nonsense that the population seems to lap up). Being that Baldy is going to "Fucking kill Google"* I would be handling this with a wary eye as well. Google is playing it smart.

    [*] - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/05/chair_chuc king/

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