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This is a discussion on Google - If you can't innovate then buy. within the Linux forums, part of the Operating Systems category; Most of these seem to have died the minute Google touched them.
FIFTY acquisitions later and Micoshaft Corporation Has NOTHING to show for it. Micoshaft Asstroturfer Cletus Spencer flatly wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation: > > Here's a list of Google Acquisitions. What, if anything here has been a > "success" for Google. Most of these seem to have died the minute Google > touched them.
So are you telling is micoshaft corporation is now so afraid of google that they have commissioned asstroturfers like you to go piddle in Linux newsgroups with anti-google slogans?
FIFTY acquisitions laterand Micoshaft Corporation Has NOTHING to show for it. On Jan 11, 5:14*pm, 7 wrote: > Micoshaft Asstroturfer Cletus Spencer flatly wrote on behalf of Micoshaft > Corporation: > > > > > > > > > Here's a list of Google Acquisitions. What, if anything here has been a > > "success" for Google. Most of these seem to have died the minute Google > > touched them.
The only difference between Google and Infoseek is that Google shows you how fast it found the results. Raise your hand if you had serious trouble finding things with a search engine before Google.
FIFTY acquisitions later and Micoshaft Corporation Has NOTHING to show for it. On 2008-01-12, cc wrote: > On Jan 11, 5:14*pm, 7 wrote: >> Micoshaft Asstroturfer Cletus Spencer flatly wrote on behalf of Micoshaft >> Corporation: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Here's a list of Google Acquisitions. What, if anything here has been a >> > "success" for Google. Most of these seem to have died the minute Google >> > touched them.
Raise your hand if you had serious > trouble finding things with a search engine before Google. Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while I used dogpile.
omer wrote: > Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly: > >> Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while >> I used dogpile. The only >> reason I use google now is pretty much habbit. There page loaded the >> fastest on my old dial-up connection > > I stopped using Yahoo the day they changed their front page from > a simple search box to a "portal" site infested by advertising.
omer wrote: > >> Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly: >> >>> Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while >>> I used dogpile. The only >>> reason I use google now is pretty much habbit. There page loaded the >>> fastest on my old dial-up connection >> >> I stopped using Yahoo the day they changed their front page from >> a simple search box to a "portal" site infested by advertising. Whichever way you cut it, Google is a damn impressive service.
omer wrote: >> >>> Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly: >>> >>>> Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while >>>> I used dogpile. The only >>>> reason I use google now is pretty much habbit. There page loaded the >>>> fastest on my old dial-up connection >>> >>> I stopped using Yahoo the day they changed their front page from >>> a simple search box to a "portal" site infested by advertising. It's generally my first port of call, but its ubiquity is not always a totally good thing, IMO I don't say Google is evil or anything, but naturally, once they're pretty much everywhere as they are now, everything tends to go the Google way. I prefer a bit more in the way of balance and variety - it's healthier in the long run.
omer wrote: >>> >>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly: >>>> >>>>> Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while >>>>> I used dogpile. The only >>>>> reason I use google now is pretty much habbit. There page loaded the >>>>> fastest on my old dial-up connection >>>> >>>> I stopped using Yahoo the day they changed their front page from >>>> a simple search box to a "portal" site infested by advertising. It's generally my first port of call, but its ubiquity is not > always a totally good thing, IMO I don't say Google is evil or anything, > but naturally, once they're pretty much everywhere as they are now, > everything tends to go the Google way. I prefer a bit more in the way of > balance and variety - it's healthier in the long run. I have plugged google into emacs and have my "google bar" on Iceweasel. I simply have not enough ethics to bother to use another search engine.
omer wrote: >>>> >>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly: >>>>> >>>>>> Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while >>>>>> I used dogpile. The only >>>>>> reason I use google now is pretty much habbit. There page loaded the >>>>>> fastest on my old dial-up connection >>>>> >>>>> I stopped using Yahoo the day they changed their front page from >>>>> a simple search box to a "portal" site infested by advertising. It's generally my first port of call, but its ubiquity is not >> always a totally good thing, IMO I don't say Google is evil or anything, >> but naturally, once they're pretty much everywhere as they are now, >> everything tends to go the Google way. I prefer a bit more in the way of >> balance and variety - it's healthier in the long run. I have plugged google > into emacs and have my "google bar" on Iceweasel. I simply have not > enough ethics to bother to use another search engine. People are mainly too lazy to seek an alternative, even when it may be better, or at the bvery least just as good.
omer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hmmm, I used to use yahoo and altavista a lot - oh, and for a while >>>>>>> I used dogpile. The only >>>>>>> reason I use google now is pretty much habbit. There page loaded the >>>>>>> fastest on my old dial-up connection >>>>>> >>>>>> I stopped using Yahoo the day they changed their front page from >>>>>> a simple search box to a "portal" site infested by advertising. It's generally my first port of call, but its ubiquity is not >>> always a totally good thing, IMO I don't say Google is evil or anything, >>> but naturally, once they're pretty much everywhere as they are now, >>> everything tends to go the Google way. I prefer a bit more in the way of >>> balance and variety - it's healthier in the long run. I have plugged google >> into emacs and have my "google bar" on Iceweasel. I simply have not >> enough ethics to bother to use another search engine. People are mainly too lazy to seek an alternative, even when it > may be better, or at the bvery least just as good. The question is, while we're being serious for a change, does better mean it's required? But does Haridresser Girl need it to drive to her Salon. It does not however have superior desktop and gaming SW. People want what they are used to and what runs the SW they need. For someone who ONLY browses the web and uses email, yes, they COULD use Linux. Contrary to the lies spread in here, XP does not BSOD every 10 minutes. And as soon as people here start being honest then maybe, just maybe, other will start to listen to them.
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