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Re: When all else fails, change the name

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____/ Sinister Midget III on Thursday 28 May 2009 21:22 : \____

> On 2009-05-28, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> claimed:
>><Quote>
>> Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on Thursday unveiled a major overhaul to its
>> Internet search engine, as part of a push to win a greater share of
>> the Internet advertising market.
>>
>> Microsoft said it is rebranding its search engine - currently called
>> "Live" - as "Bing" as part of a range of steps to make its search
>> technology more appealing to consumers.
>>
>> Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft currently takes under 10% of Internet
>> searches. Mountain View, Calif.-based Google Inc. (GOOG), which
>> accounts for over 60% of Internet searches, continues to gain share in
>> the largest and most lucrative area of Internet advertising.
>></Quote>
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090528-713160.html
>>
>> Maybe it would help Zune.
> 
> The only Bing I know of other than a fruit is Bing Crosby. And he's
> dead. Sorta like M$' "Live" "search" engine crap.
> 
> That would be a better name for it: Microsoft Crap. Nobody would know
> if that meant Winders, Zune, Surface, Offal, Origami, the "search"
> thing or what. But what difference would it make?

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