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Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:28:00 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Search results for "Linux" on Microsoft's Live Book Search
>>
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>>| Searching Live Books for "Linux" returns only one result: "History of
>>| Latin Christianity" (1872) by Henry Hart Milman.
>> `----
>>
>> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Search_results_for_Linux_on_Microsoft_s_Live_Book_Search#c4171875
>>
>> Digitisation as means of 'book burning', Mr. Gates? Is that why Microsoft
>> wants to dominate Web searches as well? Censoring results and selectively
>> delivering biased information?
>
> Yes, because when you search for "Microsoft Windows" you get all kinds of
> books on Windows. Right? Wrong.
>
> There are three results, all of them merely mentioning Microsoft Windows
> within the book itself somewhere. One of them even claims the Mac is a
> superior computer to Windows.
>
> Of course I don't expect you to realize your "mistake", and go on
> pretending you are the ultimate critic.
If this is really true, then no wonder nobody uses this search engine -
this is awful. I could do better just walking past a bookshop than
that.
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