On Nov 12, 10:04 am, Mark Kent <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> > Microsoft looks to lure search users with prizes
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> >| As part of an ongoing effort to chip away at Google Inc.'s dominance of the
> >| Internet search market, Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday began a new push to lure
> >| users to its own service with the promise of prizes such as T-shirts and
> >| video games.
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> >http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-begins-new-push-compe...
> >http://tinyurl.com/2uuk7w
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> > Search engines are usually free. Microsoft's search is so bad that Microsoft
> > needs to **pay** people just to use it (more examples below). Didn't it bribe
> > Nigerians to beat Free software (Mandriva)? Selling something at negative
> > prices ought to be illegal, especially when you are a deep-pocketed convicted
> > monopoly abuser.
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> It would appear that Microsoft is just no longer cool. At all. Google
> is cool (whether you like them or not). Facebook is cool. 2ndlife is
> cool. Apple is cool.
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> Coolth is hard to get, but trying to purchase it directly never seems to
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I go to Mark Kent when I need to know what's cool...two years ago.
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