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Wolfram Alpha and Google Faceoff
- sscheper 17y agoI'm definitely looking forward to testing out WolframAlpha -- anything a cal tech guy launches is ahead of the curve...until Google figures out how to monetize it (cough Bill Gross Idealab Cough)
- iamcalledrob 17y agoI don't think a faceoff is appropriate, from what I can gather about Wolfram Alpha. Google and Alpha do two entirely different things. Google is like a Yellow Pages for the internet, and Alpha is more like an Encyclopaedia. Google finds resources on the internet, and Alpha finds facts.
- vaksel 17y agoIts getting kinda tiresome that everyone is trotting out wolframalpha as a Google killer. They aren't even in the same space. Google is the Chemistry Book, Wolfram Alpha is the table of the elements in the back of it.
- cdibona 17y agoThis kind of thing happens every 6 or so months, the journalists (if you can call them that) love a fight. It is all they know. They seem to live in a world that only routes packets to the 'winner'
- sid 17y agoOne interesting fact is that googles mission is to organise the worlds information. I would assume there is quite some good information in wolfram-alpha. Wonder if google will try to organise wolfram data some time down the line ;) And on a serious note, giving wolfram a whirl will be quite exciting, id like to put in some differnt maths questions, just need to get the symbols that wolfram would understand.
- andrewljohnson 17y agoThis is the best article about Wolfram Alpha ever. I'm a cynic, but it gave me some glimmer of hope for WA's success. All the rest have just seemed to be talking heads talking about talking heads.
- tybris 17y agoIn other news: Apples and Pears face-off for epic battle to decide who's the best banana.
- mikecuesta 17y agoLast year's Google Killer was Cuil. Just sayin'