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SirJeannot · 2003-11-10, 06:58

wth is that ...
one friend told me about that this morning ... anyone has information about it?

Tomomi · 2003-11-10, 07:13

Nope... So weird... Who in the world wants to own Google? Not as if they can earn from it. Google is just a search machine...

Or does Google have other special functions? Hmm...

SirJeannot · 2003-11-10, 07:29

i was thinking about their valuable database

Animaniac · 2003-11-10, 07:36

It was rumored that Microsoft was talking with Google about a buy out (since Google's doing their IPO soon). But they didn't have a deal. Microsoft wants to control everything. They're going to integrate a search enging into their next version of Windows and do what they did to Netscape to Google.

Tomomi · 2003-11-10, 07:50

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Originally Posted by Animaniac

It was rumored that Microsoft was talking with Google about a buy out (since Google's doing their IPO soon). But they didn't have a deal. Microsoft wants to control everything. They're going to integrate a search enging into their next version of Windows and do what they did to Netscape to Google.

Oh... So what's IPO?

[^_^x] · 2003-11-10, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Tomomi

Nope... So weird... Who in the world wants to own Google? Not as if they can earn from it. Google is just a search machine...

Or does Google have other special functions? Hmm...

Google can used to find people. ^^ Google makes its money thru ads as do most sites.

***NightWish*** · 2003-11-10, 08:17

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Originally Posted by Tomomi

Oh... So what's IPO?

The IPO (Initial Public Offering) is the initial sale of stock by a company... It is basically where they go from being privately owned by an individual or group to being publicly owned by lots of independent shareholders.

BME · 2003-11-10, 09:39

Seems more like Google is moving away from Microsoft, now you don't even need to have your browser open, CNN has the details http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biz....ap/index.html

p3psi · 2003-11-10, 11:23

I thought yahoo already owned google, cuz what ever search you plug into either, they pop out the same exact results in the exact order

SirJeannot · 2003-11-10, 11:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by p3psi

I thought yahoo already owned google, cuz what ever search you plug into either, they pop out the same exact results in the exact order

yahoo has been using google for quite a while now

Breogan · 2003-11-10, 12:40

They make money from those small adds that appear in the right of your browser when you do a search (I think they call them Ad-Words or something like that)

It would be quite funny to see MS trying to move the thousands of Linux servers that Google uses to Windows

2003-11-10, 06:58	Link #1
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2003-11-10, 07:13	Link #2
Tomomi chrno fangal Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 30	Nope... So weird... Who in the world wants to own Google? Not as if they can earn from it. Google is just a search machine... Or does Google have other special functions? Hmm...

2003-11-10, 07:36	Link #4
Animaniac On leave? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cambridge, MA	It was rumored that Microsoft was talking with Google about a buy out (since Google's doing their IPO soon). But they didn't have a deal. Microsoft wants to control everything. They're going to integrate a search enging into their next version of Windows and do what they did to Netscape to Google.

2003-11-10, 09:39	Link #8
BME Belldandy Fanboy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden, Where Polar bears roam the streets Age: 33	Seems more like Google is moving away from Microsoft, now you don't even need to have your browser open, CNN has the details http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biz....ap/index.html

2003-11-10, 11:23	Link #9
p3psi Oscar winning black actor Join Date: Nov 2003	I thought yahoo already owned google, cuz what ever search you plug into either, they pop out the same exact results in the exact order

2003-11-10, 12:40	Link #11
Breogan Umeboshi Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Spain Age: 38	They make money from those small adds that appear in the right of your browser when you do a search (I think they call them Ad-Words or something like that) It would be quite funny to see MS trying to move the thousands of Linux servers that Google uses to Windows