__/ [ davidof ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 18:21 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> I beg to differ. The search results in MSN/Live.com are even worse than
>> these which you find in Yahoo. And it's slow, not to mention lacking
>> function.
>
> MSN's results have gone from bad to worse with little logic to the
> results I see. And this was the search engine that was going to finish
> Google 18 months ago.
Ballmer promised to "f*ing kill Google" less than a year ago and his
engineers said that MSN was "twice as good (as Google)" once again a few
months ago. Frankly, I think they are playing mind games, attempting to have
people test (or taste) some new, turbid water. Their 'answer' to Google
Trends is purely Flash-based and its function seems more like a joke (MTV
crossover). I am not sure if invested cash and acquisitions can save them.
Their stock is nearing a 7-year low, and being one who posts over 50
messages a day to the Linux advocacy newsgroup, I could not be happier.
Best wishes,
Roy
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