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Nokia sponsored Fairsearcheurope - anti Google FUD

24 points by sek 14y ago

mtgx 14y ago
Seeing all those rectangles, you could even say it's using the Metro interface.
- neya 14y ago
  Best comment, ever. I'm LMAO =) Just wait until the MSFT fanboys downvote us.
madrona 14y ago
"Consumer Watchdog" is more shrill and even more opaque.
projectedoptics 14y ago
Bit ironic that they're utilizing Google Analytics
- neya 14y ago
  You sir, are a legend! That was epic! Haha!!
- bitboxer 14y ago
  AND the google jquery cdn cache :)
- fleitz 14y ago
  Perhaps even more ironic is that they allow their page to be indexed by google. Much like Alanis Morisette song about the same subject, there isn't much irony in the page.
aristidb 14y ago
Some people say that Microsoft has changed, and is no longer the corporate "asshole" it used to be in the days of the war over the PC as a platform - which it has won. I'm not sure if that claim is very credible. The evidence seems to point to a company with relatively stable corporate culture to me.
- yuhong 14y ago
  I once wrote this: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2361456&cid=36969206 http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2361456&c...
fleitz 14y ago
I've never understood why people care about the 'character' of a company... people aren't good or evil, they merely do things. Some of the things that Microsoft/Oracle/Nokia do are 'good', some of the things Google does is good, some of the things MSFT/ORCL/Nokia do are bad, some of the things Google does are bad. Google may do more good things for you than MSFT, or MSFT may do more good things for you than Google, but it doesn't make either good or bad, they just are. Google's breaking the law isn't FUD anymore than Microsofts'. They are both felons. There is no light side, there is no dark side, it's just a bunch of people doing whatever benefits them.
- wololo 14y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence
aviraldg 14y ago
A quick look at the "About FairSearch.org" page (http://www.fairsearcheurope.eu/about-fairsearch-org http://www.fairsearcheurope.eu/about-fairsearch-org) reveals that the organisations behind this either operate vertical search engines, or are Google's rivals (in general.) Not cool.
olalonde 14y ago
"Consumers – not search engines – should choose winners in the marketplace." [...] "we believe policymakers must act now to protect competition, transparency and innovation in online search." Facepalm.
mmanfrin 14y ago
Microsoft: Google's biggest search competitor. Nokia: Microsoft's lapdog. Oracle: Just lost a major patent case against Google. Hmm, yes, quite an unbiased group of jobcreators!
- Tobu 14y ago
  I'm surprised they didn't get Apple to join in.
meaty 14y ago
If you take the bias away from this, then I agree with the underlying sentiment. However, even though I'm not particularly a fan of google myself, I'd rather this was an independent group rather than a corporate lobbying group. it ruins their credibility instantly and degrades this to playground fighting.

24 points by sek 14y ago

mtgx 14y ago

Seeing all those rectangles, you could even say it's using the Metro interface.

neya 14y ago
Best comment, ever. I'm LMAO =) Just wait until the MSFT fanboys downvote us.

madrona 14y ago

"Consumer Watchdog" is more shrill and even more opaque.

projectedoptics 14y ago

Bit ironic that they're utilizing Google Analytics

neya 14y ago
You sir, are a legend! That was epic! Haha!!
bitboxer 14y ago
AND the google jquery cdn cache :)
fleitz 14y ago
Perhaps even more ironic is that they allow their page to be indexed by google. Much like Alanis Morisette song about the same subject, there isn't much irony in the page.

aristidb 14y ago

Some people say that Microsoft has changed, and is no longer the corporate "asshole" it used to be in the days of the war over the PC as a platform - which it has won. I'm not sure if that claim is very credible. The evidence seems to point to a company with relatively stable corporate culture to me.

yuhong 14y ago
I once wrote this: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2361456&cid=36969206 http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2361456&c...

fleitz 14y ago

I've never understood why people care about the 'character' of a company... people aren't good or evil, they merely do things. Some of the things that Microsoft/Oracle/Nokia do are 'good', some of the things Google does is good, some of the things MSFT/ORCL/Nokia do are bad, some of the things Google does are bad. Google may do more good things for you than MSFT, or MSFT may do more good things for you than Google, but it doesn't make either good or bad, they just are. Google's breaking the law isn't FUD anymore than Microsofts'. They are both felons. There is no light side, there is no dark side, it's just a bunch of people doing whatever benefits them.

wololo 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

aviraldg 14y ago

A quick look at the "About FairSearch.org" page (http://www.fairsearcheurope.eu/about-fairsearch-org http://www.fairsearcheurope.eu/about-fairsearch-org) reveals that the organisations behind this either operate vertical search engines, or are Google's rivals (in general.) Not cool.

olalonde 14y ago

"Consumers – not search engines – should choose winners in the marketplace." [...] "we believe policymakers must act now to protect competition, transparency and innovation in online search." Facepalm.

mmanfrin 14y ago

Microsoft: Google's biggest search competitor. Nokia: Microsoft's lapdog. Oracle: Just lost a major patent case against Google. Hmm, yes, quite an unbiased group of jobcreators!

Tobu 14y ago
I'm surprised they didn't get Apple to join in.

meaty 14y ago

If you take the bias away from this, then I agree with the underlying sentiment. However, even though I'm not particularly a fan of google myself, I'd rather this was an independent group rather than a corporate lobbying group. it ruins their credibility instantly and degrades this to playground fighting.