Microsoft to take over Google ?

[GadgetMaster]

If this happens what does it mean for one of the best search engines in the world?

Will it suffer the same fate as Hotmail after MS took over i.e. slower performance and weak security.

Will people stop using it after it turns into Mooglesoft?

Read about it here ...

[Vincent]

Oi! Microsoft, NOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo! :-P

I'd hate to see that happen.

[Elwood]

What will we do ?
We'll use another search engine :-)

[bhoggett]

There was life before Google, and if need be there will be life after.

[Framiga]

Poster: bhoggett Date: 2003/11/1 14:27:25

There was life before Google, and if need be there will be life after.

If, and i'm sure we all we are serious persons, we must think also next to the normal users of Google and to the newbie also.

If, MS will create a new search engine . . . who cares? but don't touch Google :-(

Ciao

[restore2003]

If Microsoft buy Google, they would probably make the page only work with IE and they would call it Microsoft Goggles  :-o  Please, for the love of god no!

[TallAmigan]

Will they change the name to BOOGLE then?

or how about Weowntheworld-OOGLE?

I am really surprised that Bill hasn't taken over the Utilities of the US yet.??

Or has he???
 ;-)  ;-)  :-(  :-(

[amigamad]

I hope not but this is my favorite http://www.alltheweb.com/ :-)

[mikeymike]

I am really surprised that Bill hasn't taken over the Utilities of the US yet.??

Well, US.gov doesn't seem to that bothered about MS.

Maybe it'll be a bit like the Monty Python Dave and Dynsdale sketch, with the police chief saying "then they nuked Cheltenham, and we began to sit up and take notice".

[Methuselas]

Really, are any of you suprised?? When the PS2 was released, Microsoft threw BUTTLOADS of cash into R/D for a PC 'games console'.

Seeing as Google is 'the best' and 'most used' search engine on the web, I'm suprised Micro$oft didn't assimilate it sooner.

It's funny about the US and what they consider 'Monoplizing'. Micro$oft wasn't monopolizing, thanks to generous donations to the campaign funds of the presiding judges, I'm sure, but the US ripped Bell Telephone to pieces over 20 years ago. What did that lead to??

Dozens (well, not DOZENS, but you get the idea) of smaller 'Bell' companies monopolizing the regional sectors they now had control over. Southwestern Bell, Bell Atlantic, Bell Pacific,etc and what ended up happening? Later on, all of the smaller companies merged in to SBC. What a crock of Sh!t.

Problem with America is it's a money driven country. If you have money, you can do whatever you want. They live off my back, but 5% of the population controls 95% of this countries revenue....it's so sad.

I give it 50 years before the US falls to anarchy. Bring on the Awakening!!!! (I'm sure SOMEONE will get that statement.   ;-) )

[KennyR]

The worst part is, google have been hoarding everyone's searches for a decade. They know who searched for what and when. Microsoft don't want the search engine, they want that data.

[Methuselas]

I couldn't agree with you more, Kenny.

Sadly, with the exception of some REALLY good games (mechcommander2, Mechwarrior 4 and Dungeon Seige, Halo, etc.) and some a decent app or two (office, being one, but I don't use that by choice), Micro$oft isn't worth the Sh!t I scraped of my Doc Martens!!!

[Methuselas]

HAHAHAHAHAHA Remember when Commodore scrapped Micro$oft's Basic for the Amiga, 'cos it was a piece of crap??!?? Ah, those were the days.

[Quixote]

Methuselas mentioned:

Micro$oft wasn't monopolizing, thanks to generous donations to the campaign funds of the presiding judges, I'm sure...

:-? Um, judges don't campain.  They're appointed, not elected, and their terms are for life.

[Methuselas]

Obviously, YOU don't live in Texas. They stil have to campaign and be voted into office. That's how it's done here. Yes, they are appointed their terms for life, but we still have the right to 'vote' them into office. How they do it your home state, is different. Then again, I've lived in Texas for 10 years and this is one of the most @$$-backwards states I've ever lived in. How a state could make a 'right to work' a priviledge is beyond me.