Google In Microsoft, IBM's SightsSpeaking of Ed Moltzen, he's got the story of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer smack at Google's, well, entire existence: "'Google's had the same experience, even though they read your mail and we don't,' Ballmer said, to chuckles and and a couple of gasps in the audience. 'That's just a factual statement, not even to be pejorative. The theory was if we read your mail, if somebody read your mail, they would know what to talk to you about. It's not working out as brilliantly as the concept was laid out.'" He may as well have added, "Just sayin..." Meanwhile, the folks at IBM have had their own "Just sayin..." moment, declaring at yesterday's XChange TechInnovators event, "Our Search Technology Is Better Than Google's".
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