All Microsoft has to do with MSN is the same that it did with IE - integrate the crap out of it with every Microsoft product, from Windows to Word to Money to Encarta. People didn't stop using Netscape because IE was the better browser - it was because their shiny new computers started coming with a big ol' IE icon smack-dab in the middle of the desktop. When MSN is the default (and probably only) built-in search for Longhorn/XP, Word, Outlook, etc., it won't matter whether MSN is the better search engine or not - people will use it because it's right there, and integrated with their existing Microsoft products; and Google will slowly loose traffic.
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All Microsoft has to do with MSN is the same that it did with IE - integrate the crap out of it with every Microsoft product, from Windows to Word to Money to Encarta. People didn't stop using Netscape because IE was the better browser - it was because their shiny new computers started coming with a big ol' IE icon smack-dab in the middle of the desktop. When MSN is the default (and probably only) built-in search for Longhorn/XP, Word, Outlook, etc., it won't matter whether MSN is the better search engine or not - people will use it because it's right there, and integrated with their existing Microsoft products; and Google will slowly loose traffic.