> Maybe the following article is misleading, but it seems to suggest
> that microsoft will (or already has) implemented their new search
> engine in Java?

I don't believe that. Microsoft got burned on that once and today has
something most would characterize as Java next gen.

> And it is (or parts of it are) open source?  And they did their own
> version of bigtable and released it?

More and more are pushed under MS-PL (an OSI/FSF approved license) so
that's not incomprehensible.

> Have I stepped into a parallel universe?

When I went to download Win7rc1, it was through a simple html option
form. Do you have an URL to demonstrate this, most improbable,
scenario? And what platform are you on?

/Casper
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