Google Says Vista Search Changes Not Enough

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."'"

Comments

Re:Stop crying about it.

[p_quarles]

Okay, but it's only a "necessity" because you can't turn it off and use Google Desktop instead. I think that's the point that Google is making. Even better, when I installed Google Desktop on Vista, I quickly discovered that searching it automatically called up MSIE, even though Firefox was my default browser. So, not only did they introduce a new uninstallable "feature," they reintroduced an old one. I'm no fan of the direction Google's going in these days, but they've got the high ground on this one.

the crybaby tag

[2helix]

lol @ the crybaby tag....that's a riot.

Re:God damn it.

[YU Nicks NE Way]

Um, no. You can't. The indexing service isn't behind WDS, apparently. (Hell if I know why, but that's what Microsoft's own documentation says.)

If I want to install GDS, I want *it* to run at low priority. I don't want it to interfere with my work, just like I don't want WDS to interfere with my work. If Google can't turn WDS off entirely, then GDS will be de facto slower than WDS through no fault of its own. That's the objection to this solution -- it requires that each alternative search provider make a choice between slowing down all the user's work and being artificially slowed down by WDS. Neither choice is acceptable.

Re:huh

[Mr. Freeman]

Because "do no evil" does not mean "Let other companies infringe on our patents".