After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Bing is not Google, but it is a spin engine.
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>| But rather than a search engine or even a "decision engine", Bing also
>| appears to be a spin engine, in that it provides partisan answers to
>| controversial topics, such as Steve Ballmer's propensity to throw chairs to
>| blow off stress. At a friend's suggestion, I typed the following phrases
>| (without quotes) into both Google.com and Bing.com. The results are very
>| telling. Be sure to look at the phrase completion options that you are
>| offered as you type.
>|
>| "linux "
linux windows
linux microsoft
linux vista
linux commands
linus pauling
Guffaw. Every hacker needs to get his vitamin C more than his kernel!
>| "antitrust microsoft"
You get nothing. Nada. Squat. Bupkiss.
>| Clearly, Bing is not Google, and is not going to overtake Google anytime use,
>| nor offer information which, on the whole, is as useful to its users as
>| Google search results.
>|
>| By the way, the most concise summary of why Google is beating Microsoft can
>| be seen by typing this phrase into your browser: Bingisnotgoogle.com. Google
>| is always one step ahead of Redmond.
>
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> http://linux.com/community/blogs/Bing-is-not-Google-but-it-is-a-spin-engine.-14904.html
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