Microsoft's Lost $5.5 Billion On Bing (So Far)

[MorphingDragon]

I wonder why microsoft feels the need to create their own version of everything
google - bing
php - asp.net
flash - silverlight
And i'm sure theres more i'm forgetting/unaware of.

C++ - C#
Java - J#
iPod - Zune
iPad - Nokia phone
Mac - Windows

Except C# is good as a Programming Language, its just .Net that sucks.

 

[SyphonX]

Microsoft, thanks for everything you've done with Windows, for giving us all a good platform to compute on...

..but, you guys need to stop trying to muscle in on already conquered territory. It's embarrassing. You can't compete with Google, you can't compete with Adobe Flash, you can't compete with anything that's been a staple for so long.

Be more creative. I can think of 100 different things, better things of which I could spend FIVE POINT 5 BILLION DOLLARS, YOU GREEDY BASTARDS. Please, make it stop.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Good.
Bing is an adware piece of shit. Can't count how many times I had to tell it to fuck off before I managed to block its scripting entirely.

Fucking thing tried to take over as my default search engine (embedding into my browser), and surprise surprise, I started getting pop-ups from out of nowhere just because of ONE BING SEARCH from my email.

 

[Aeshi]

Does Bing keep a record of every search you've ever made like Google does?

Because if not you could probably just advertise it with that fact alone.

 

[minimacker]

Bing? The thing that they've been trying to force down my throat?

"I see you're installing this completely random program, why don't you install our Bing toolbar?"