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Microsoft Buys Search Engine, Going After Google?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yeah-sure-why-not dept.

obsolete1349 writes "Microsoft has just bid 1.2 billion dollars for FAST (Fast Search And Transfer [Microsoft to use a self-recursive acronym?]), an enterprise search company. 'Microsoft can bundle FAST with its Microsoft Office SharePoint Server' with its soon-to-be-customers Comcast, Disney, Microsoft, Pfizer, and UBS."

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  1. self-recursive acronym by Yuioup · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Microsoft has been using one for quite some time now:

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/nl-nl/directx/aa937793(en-us).aspx

    Q: What does XNA stand for?
    A: XNA's Not Acronymed

  2. And the rats are leaving the ship... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It seems that quite a few FAST employees are currently submitting their resumes to other companies here in Norway at the moment. I've seen more than a couple during the last couple of days.

    Funny, that.

  3. Didn't someone already buy FAST? by Anal+Surprise · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/25/overture_buys_fasts_web_search/

    Overture bought FAST's search arm before Yahoo in turn bought Overture.

    Now they grew a new arm, and are selling that one to Microsoft?

    Outstanding.

  4. Re:That's ok... by BillGod · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Microsoft needs to buy a search engine. A couple months ago I wanted to download XP SP2 on a pc that I just loaded. Since it was just loaded and I opened IE it defaulted to Microsoft's site. I searched for "windows xp service pack 2". After the 4th link that I clicked on that WAS NOT a download for SP2. I went to google. Searched the exact same phrase. First like was the download site at microsoft.com There's something to be said about that.

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