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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."'"
Not only that... but file searching has been a part of windows since the beginning. It has also been a very basic part of all OS's.
Just because now, search engines are trying to take over the desktop... doesnt mean MS has done anything wrong.
Google's completely wrong on this, and google's desktop search sucks period. Who the fuck wants to search for files on their pc with that google web ui? Its terrible. MS desktop search is better on XP and Vista.
Google's not bitching about Apple's search either... so.. Fuck Google.
Microsoft pulls the same cheap trick every time they find themselves in this jam. To wit, the progression of the standard MS anti-antitrust gambit:
1 Competitors: "Hey, MS is violating black letter contractual obligations established by their last antitrust settlement."
2 Microsoft: "Fuck off, crybabies. We aren't a monopoly and if we are it's because you suck."
3 Competitors: "DOJ, are you hearing this?!"
4 DOJ: "MS, abide by the terms of your agreement. We're on your side and we'll try to find some way to help you out of this pickle, but you guys make it tough by being so blatant and intransigent."
5 Microsoft: "OK, we'll pretend that such-and-so self-selected half-ass measure is sooooo hard on us and bitch, bitch, bitch. Why don't you try being us for even ten seconds? Believe me, it's... not very good and all these legal bills would put you in the poor house. Seriously. Freedom to innovate, faggots!"
6 GOTO 1
No. The indexing *service* is off. WDS (now read carefully) DOES NOT USE THE INDEXING SERVICE. It uses a different service, and that service cannot be turned off.
If WDS used the indexing service, you'd be completely correct. that's the problem -- it doesn't.
Set aside all the crap about whether you can or can't completely turn WDS off and ponder this:
Microsoft made a clone of Google Desktop, then used its monopoly position to send it to everyone to hurt Google's business. They did the same with Netscape, Stacker, and a whole host of other old products too. It's classic Microsoft: find a competitor you want to hurt, clone one of their most important products, then include it in the OS and integrate it in ways that no one else can.
Now, if they wanted to do it right, they'd have made an easy, user-accessible way to choose your desktop search application from the start (i.e. a control panel, not net stop whatever).