Eric Schmidt takes it seriously. > In relation to Apple as a competitor, Schmidt calls Siri a “significant development” and that its effectiveness as a search

Eric Schmidt takes it seriously. > In relation to Apple as a competitor, Schmidt calls Siri a “significant development” and that its effectiveness as a search tool somewhat blindsided Google. http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/m0ywx/googles_eric_schmidt_thinks_siri_is_a_significant/ http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/m0ywx/googles_er... BTW: competition is part and parcel of business, always has been, always will be. I personally don't like it either - and it certainly doesn't "gratify one's intellectual curiosity." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Actually, there's very little on HN these days that does. Most of it is "startup news and industry gossip". That's important for YC companies, but not intellectually interesting - if you want that, you've better off reading new scientist, r/technology, the weekend section of financial newspapers, theatlantic etc. I propose two HN front pages: one for startup news; one for intellectual curiosity, with flag-like links + vote thresholds for moving a story to the other one. (yes, HN was once "Startup News")