Microsoft goes after Google

[gamezonline]

got from ircspy.com

Microsoft, which is trying to drive growth by investing in everything from small business software to video games, has quietly set its sights on a new industry -- searching the Web.
Chairman Bill Gates, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and a handful of other executives sat down in February to answer a question asked countless times before in the world's largest software maker's 28-year history. Should Microsoft build or buy?
What they decided was to build technology that would eventually surpass Google Inc.'s ability to sift through the Web and return results relevant enough to make it the top Internet search destination.
"The decision to build or buy came down to our ability to innovate," said Kirk Koenigsbauer, strategy manager at Microsoft's MSN Internet portal.
"Our ability to innovate is predicated on our ability to own the platform," he added, a clear sign that Microsoft thinks it can only beat Google if it owns the technology.

M$ is getting on my f**k nerve always trying to by someone out

[Boltzmann]

MicroGoogle rocks!!

Or GoogleSoft would be better?

Anyway, their best bet would be to buy Google, not try to make something new.

[Regulus]

MocroGoogleSoft......Google sounds better........

[Kidd]

The sad thing is that there's no stopping their onslaught...

[ka0s]

I'd like to see what kind of search-engine MS would be able to cook-up.
I hope they don't buy Google, because they'll probly charge people to use it

[kenmasters1983]

nah they will let you search once for free and then after it will be like.

please tell us your activation key in order to use our search engine..

yadda yadda microshaft can kiss my ass

[T.O.F.K.A.Z]

Well what to do seeing as they have bill gates a.k.a moneybaggs behind them ..... money hungry bastard never seems to get enough

[Mr. Killjoy]

Heh, with M$Google, type "crack" and it finds an antipiracy screen

[Mslug]

those nutty m$ guys will they ever learn.

[Niektory]

And of course you'd be able to use MSGoogle only in IE. :/

[DB7]

You guys do realise that Microsoft is a business don't you?

Part of business is looking for new areas to expand into.

Even if they do buy google people will still use it, and if it became a pay service all you little MS bashers would be straight out there looking for a crack or serial.

[Boltzmann]

I wonder what would happen if we searched for a Windows XP Keygen M$ Google Probably Killjoy is right

[Mr. Killjoy]

Heh, anyway, google isn't the ONLY search engine

[DC_daNMan]

wouldn't it be SO funny if, with there search engine, you could find and d/l leaked alpha's 'n stuff of there own software? Whats coming next? a Microsoft P2P program? I think they should patch the holes in all there other stuff before they try to monopolise another market...

[(F)ragnarok(F)]

let them do as they please. this'll drive ppl to make better search engines than M$ or googles old ones

[cloudvii]

well hope google's owner won't sell his engine .

i hate microsoft , i hate microsoft , i hate microsoft , i hate microsoft , i hate microsoft , i hate microsoft . While i'm using their Os and browser now .

[Chinoz]

The next thing we know, Blaster strikes whoever who uses MicroGoogle

[DarkAurora]

I've used MSN's search engine and it is quite crap. If you all read the article that gamezonline posted carefully, you'll notice that it says nothing about buying out Google. Microsoft just said they are going to build a search engine that will surpass Google's capabilities.

[FLaRe85]

Originally Posted by DarkAurora

I've used MSN's search engine and it is quite crap. If you all read the article that gamezonline posted carefully, you'll notice that it says nothing about buying out Google. Microsoft just said they are going to build a search engine that will surpass Google's capabilities.

Exactly. I was just about to mention the same thing. It's even stated RIGHT THERE in the quote!

Should Microsoft build or buy?
What they decided was to build technology that would eventually surpass Google Inc.'s ability to sift through the Web and return results relevant enough to make it the top Internet search destination.

I can't believe so many people just blindly accepted one person's incorrect interpretation of the article as fact instead of reading it for themselves.

[Kaiser Sigma]

It's amazing how ppl still flame MS just for the sake of it... let's face it, MS it's a huge business, they are out for money. Can you blame them for doing their job ? What, on their place you wouldn't do the same ?

Guys you really should start acting less biased, any company and any person on MS's place would do the same... then again, I'm used to blind hate towards a company, not my loss though (my judgement still isn't that biased)...