Comments on: Microsoft’s challenge: 90 days to beat Google (San Jose Mercury News) http://www.mgtinfoconsultants.com/2010/01/microsofts-challenge-90-days-to-beat-google-san-jose-mercury-news/ Linux and Open Source Resource Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dkblinux98 http://www.mgtinfoconsultants.com/2010/01/microsofts-challenge-90-days-to-beat-google-san-jose-mercury-news/comment-page-1/#comment-441 dkblinux98 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:36:40 +0000 http://www.mgtinfoconsultants.com/2010/01/microsofts-challenge-90-days-to-beat-google-san-jose-mercury-news/#comment-441 After watching Steve Ballmar's CES Keynote, I decided to give Bing's map search a try. I found the experience of searching very nice. I also found the street view of my house to be very clean and smooth and more up-to-date than the same view in Google. The one thing that I didn't like and is the reason I avoid Microsoft whenever possible is that when I clicked on the 3D view, I was told that I was using an unsupported browser. I was using Firefox on a Mac. Why can't Microsoft get past the need to require Internet Explorer? After watching Steve Ballmar’s CES Keynote, I decided to give Bing’s map search a try.

I found the experience of searching very nice. I also found the street view of my house to be very clean and smooth and more up-to-date than the same view in Google.

The one thing that I didn’t like and is the reason I avoid Microsoft whenever possible is that when I clicked on the 3D view, I was told that I was using an unsupported browser. I was using Firefox on a Mac. Why can’t Microsoft get past the need to require Internet Explorer?

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