MSGoogle? Is This A Good Idea?

[arwalden]

Google is the ONLY search engine I use anymore. I'd hate to see it taken over by Microsoft. (The rest of them suck. Popups, Flash ads, too many graphics. All trying to be too-many-things for too-many-people.)

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. is nothing sacred?

:nopity:

[LuCifer]

2. goddamn microshit!

they bought hotmail, they ruined it.

EVERYTHING they touch turns to CRAP.

The Bin-Laden family is part owner of Microshit. I just mention that in passing...

Lu Cifer

[arwalden]

8. Remember "Link Exchange"? They were taken over my MS...

... totally fucked up now.

[SOteric]

3. You would prefer maybe GoogAOL...?

:shrug:

[Philostopher]

4. I think not. But, I think Google would prefer

to remain independent and post an IPO of its own. Most of the tech publications seem to think this is pretty likely. I don't think, in other words, this is likely to happen unless Google fails miserably in attempting an independent offering of stock.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. The problem is Google needs competition

they have gotten too powerful. There is a website dedicated to questioning Google. I don't have the address now but their cache is just one issue:

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Jul/gee20030711020791.htm

another good article: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.01/google_pr.html

Another Google watch (different than the one I linked below): http://www.watchinggooglelikeahawk.com/archive2.html

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. Google Watch

Found it!.... http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html Go straight to this: Why we target Google

[xJlM]

6. Google told MS to get stuffed

I read yesterday where they said they have no intention of selling to Microsoft. Good news all around!