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Many people in this thread recommend Bing, which may be a good search engine... However, the reason you are switching is not to find a better search engine, but
by zephyrfalcon 16y ago
Many people in this thread recommend Bing, which may be a good search engine... However, the reason you are switching is not to find a better search engine, but to make a political statement. In that light, recommending a Microsoft search engine seems a bit odd. I don't want to go all Slashdot "Micro$oft sux" here, but... if one thinks Google is evil because of this net neutrality thing, then what is Microsoft, whose track record is about ten times worse?
- piotrSikora 16y agoCould you elaborate a bit more on "Microsoft's track record"? Most people complain on Microsoft just to complain, without any valid reasons...
- _delirium 16y agoIn Ye Olde 1990s (and some early 2000s), they were somewhat notorious for trying to exclude competitors from retail stores and OEMs, e.g. by pricing Windows in a way such that anyone who sold non-Windows machines was penalized (somewhat similar to the stuff Intel got accused of doing in the AMD settlement). Vaguely in the same class as the net-neutrality issue, of trying to control the distribution channels rather than just competing on a level playing field.
- RagingPanda 16y ago...and nothing has changed in a decade+, right?
- zephyrfalcon 16y agoHm, this would be a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft To be fair, this page also exists, and is just as long: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google