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A Hired Gun for Microsoft in Dogged Pursuit of Google
- crcoffey 17y agoFunny how I only even think of Bing when I come across a reference on ycombinator, Then forget about it all over again. His biggest issue is that 90% of people have Google as their homepage, I don't even think about it when it opens anymore, Its just always there as I need it.
- tectonic 17y agoI use Bing for the cashback sometimes. I'm happy to take Microsoft's money.
- bitwize 17y agohttp://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/10/23/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/10/23/ A lot of people are...
- rksprst 17y agoI've actually switched to bing for search. I like their UI better and the results are just as good or better.
- freetard 17y agoNo, Bing results are actually much worse, especially for detecting typos in not so popular queries.
- tk999 17y agoI am switching to bing as well. The result is as good as google and I am happy. The way Google handles the whole adsense stuff just make me sick.
- MikeCapone 17y agoMy browser homepage is actually Google's new "Caffeine" beta: http://www2.sandbox.google.com/ http://www2.sandbox.google.com/
- newsdog 17y agoI have Google as my home page. Also a TON of rss feeds on igoogle.
- schemer 17y agoDoesn't seem like a hired gun to me. Seems he's very ethical and loyal to whoever happens to be his employer and is not driven solely by financial reward.
- teej 17y agoI'm not sure -what- drives this guy, but his drive is certainly something to admire.
- mseebach 17y agoHired gun = mercenary. Geneva convention via Wikipedia: 2. A mercenary is any person who: (c) is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party; Ignoring the negative connotations of being a mercenary, the fact that he is portrayed as being motivated by conquering google, rather than a brilliant engineer looking to make a difference in the search space, makes him a hired gun by that definition. Edit: Not completely sure this argument is watertight, but leaving it in for arguments' sake.
- trezor 17y agoAnd with an engineer’s logic, he laid out his reasons for returning to the fray. Search determines where users go online, and search advertising is the most powerful economic force on the Internet. The business is too important to be controlled by a single company, he says. Whatever search engine you prefer, it is kinda hard not to agree with that statement.
- ananthrk 17y agoVery inspiring to read about his drive and work-ethic!
- balding_n_tired 17y agoGoodness. He takes money?