"but this 'mindshare' only exists on Slashdot. Come into the real world, and most people just use Google because it's force of habit"
The 'mindshare' isn't just on Slashdot. That proves how much you
know. Look how many TV shows and movies now feature Google. Google has gone mainstream and become part of pop culture. Part of what you said is right people use Google out of habit because there is no real alternative. Microsoft can't create this alternative beacause a lot of their best people now work for Google.
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"but this 'mindshare' only exists on Slashdot. Come into the real world, and most people just use Google because it's force of habit" The 'mindshare' isn't just on Slashdot. That proves how much you know. Look how many TV shows and movies now feature Google. Google has gone mainstream and become part of pop culture. Part of what you said is right people use Google out of habit because there is no real alternative. Microsoft can't create this alternative beacause a lot of their best people now work for Google.