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Microsoft not ready to battle with Google
As Microsoft gets ready to challenge Google, comparisons are already being made between this and the mid-90's show down between the software giant and Netscape. But does the popular search site this time have the upper hand?
[blockquote]The software giant's announced intention to dominate search — its third such quest in recent years — is being depicted as a crusade against Google, the default Web search leader. Although Microsoft has stopped short of threatening to cut off Google's air supply, Google's prominence has led Silicon Valley partisans to cast this as an updated version of the mid-1990s Netscape-Microsoft "browser wars."
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[blockquote]The software giant's announced intention to dominate search — its third such quest in recent years — is being depicted as a crusade against Google, the default Web search leader. Although Microsoft has stopped short of threatening to cut off Google's air supply, Google's prominence has led Silicon Valley partisans to cast this as an updated version of the mid-1990s Netscape-Microsoft "browser wars."
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[link=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001853639_paul09.html]The full article[/link]
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