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Watch out Google! Microsoft Is Behind You!
Posted on: 2005-10-27 18:28:00 Gates Promises To Smash Search Leader Microsoft head Bill Gates has spoken out about Microsoft's ambition is to be bigger than Google. Gates said the competition has been good because it helped push search technology ahead. Gates made his comments to the BBC this week on his first trip to Israel. Gates said the next decade looks even better but current search leaders Google should watch their back as there are plenty other companies competing to become the world's top search engine. It's a shame it took Microsoft so long to get the new MSN out of the box. Although many sites do enjoy splendid ranks on Microsoft's search engine, the traffic just isn't there yet. Mr Gates said Microsoft's strengths lay not only in search, but also in its software that provides the glue to make different devices talk to each other so that people can have more power over their content. "We are in the best position we have ever been in," he said. Gates stressed that Google was not the only threat it faced in the long term. Microsoft had competition in every arena, from the likes of Nokia, Sony and Apple, but that was something with which Microsoft had become accustomed. BBC |