On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:18:44 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft releasing book search in beta
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>| Microsoft is releasing Live Search Books, its competitor to
>| Google Book Search, in beta on Wednesday.
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> http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6141162.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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> This is rather pathetic. The company implements every single thing Google
> deploys. It merely follows its footsteps and does so poorly. Recently they
> began the ground footage, which again is Google's idea from last year.
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> Then come to consider imitations like word processors spreadsheets,
> Apple/PARC-like GUI's, media players, VB...
Umm.. no. I know a guy that was hired by Microsoft to drive one of those
ground footage trucks. 2 years ago he started doing this in Boston. It's
not 'recent', it was only recently noticed by people.
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