Comments on: Bing – the search engine of tomorrow?

By: Olesya

Olesya — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:30:08 +0000

I can’t imagine this ever happening, not with Microsoft’s poor rep, not with Google’s popularity (and constant improvements), and especially not with those ridiculously annoying commercials!

By: Andi

Andi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:11:17 +0000

If Bing merges with Yahoo, or better becomes Yahoo it has a chance. Alone nobody has a chance against Google.

By: Tony Lawrence

Tony Lawrence — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:46:22 +0000

Probably not.

First, nobody trusts Microsoft. Previous Borg search engines have favored Borg owned results – they are just too greedy and stupid for their own good.

Second, they don’t have great programmers. All their hype aside, they are too big: you can’t write great code by committee.

Finally, they are losing market share everywhere. Vista was a bust and Win 7 is likely to be also.

In a decade or two, Microsoft is not going to matter. And the world will be a better place.