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Parcival
10-31-2003, 07:59 AM
There's an interesting article in today's NY Times (October 31st), focusing mostly on the financial strategic background.

link to article (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/technology/31net.html?hp)

(To read the article you have to sign up at the NY Times, but it's free)
mike8706
10-31-2003, 10:44 AM
I saw this on Slashdot. I couldn't believe that they are even thinking of doing this. If it does go through I'll have to find another search engine, because you know that they are going to take out the Linux, BSD, and Apple searches. All of Google is run by linux, what are they going to do about that?
Trogdor
11-02-2003, 02:58 PM
Go to msn.com
Search for "xbox cheats"
Look at what the first listing is! (and it's a "top pick"!)
ricstr
11-02-2003, 03:24 PM
Originally posted by mike8706
I saw this on Slashdot. I couldn't believe that they are even thinking of doing this. If it does go through I'll have to find another search engine, because you know that they are going to take out the Linux, BSD, and Apple searches. All of Google is run by linux, what are they going to do about that?

I may be wrong but if you goto the standard google page and add +linux to your search query it should do the same as the google.com/linux page.

And other search engines probably have equvelent features too.
aNoob
11-03-2003, 04:57 AM
It's sad enough that the google toolbar works only for IE6. What do they think...
Errr... first net connect with Slack 9.1,it works...so far. Back to configure it now.
joesbox
11-03-2003, 08:24 AM
Originally posted by Trogdor
Go to msn.com
Search for "xbox cheats"
Look at what the first listing is! (and it's a "top pick"!)

that is some funny shyte.
Satanic Atheist
11-03-2003, 01:25 PM
Gotta agree, that's pretty funny.

I can't access the NY times from here, can someone summarise the contents of the article... please??? Or even a cut'n'paste into a file would be handy.

Thanks,

James
knute
11-03-2003, 01:43 PM
Here's a link (http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/02/2218220.shtml?tid=109&tid=126&tid=187&tid=95) to slashdot's article about it.

Vewwy vewwy interesting.

It's discussed in more detail at The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33715.html) .
Satanic Atheist
11-03-2003, 01:50 PM
That's very interesting. But unless Microsoft buys Google outright, I don't think the Linux and Apple section is likely to disappear.

James