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If you ran a search engine, what would your search results page for "chicago hotel" look like, and why would that be better for users than Google's?
by raldi 11y ago
If you ran a search engine, what would your search results page for "chicago hotel" look like, and why would that be better for users than Google's?
- lilbarbarian 11y agoIf I ran a search engine it'd probably look exactly like Google's. That's not the point I'm trying to make. Was Microsost wrong to use their position as the dominant OS to kill Netscape by effectively banning it from Windows installations? Was Standard Oil wrong to force railroads to not only give them massive discounts but also force the railroads to hurt Standard competitors? What Google is doing and what Microsoft or Standard Oil did are fantastically profitable tactics that insure their long-term success. The question is, should they be allowed to do that without any restrictions?
- raldi 11y agoDuring Microsoft's heyday, if your company used Windows and you wanted to try some other OS, you were out of luck: It would be enormously expensive to transition to another one -- you'd have to buy or write all new software and retrain all your employees. But if you're a Google user and you want to switch to some other search engine... you just switch. Instantly.