Comments on: Imitation at Microsoft https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/ Reflections on Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Rajiv Makhijani https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:49:08 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/#comment-4587 Just for your information, Start.com came out before Google’s personalized page. If anything Google copied it.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-4511 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 03:30:16 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/#comment-4511 Would you believe that Word of the Day makes one of the most popular feeds on the Web? Different strokes to different folks… but not to computer scientists, I guess.

]]> By: Duncan https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-4510 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:31:58 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/03/imitation-at-microsoft/#comment-4510 I agree that a lot of Start.com is copied from Google but, as much as it pains me to say it, I actually prefer the Microsoft version.

I know that the whole point is that it is customisible but I think that “Quote of the Day” is a pretty silly default.

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