Well yeah I'm saying the same thing with different terms. I still see a company as a private entity. I don't see that a corporation is required to act in the best public interest - they are for shareholder interest (regardless of if it's shareholders are private owners, or have purchased shares on a public market.)
The point I was trying to make was that - it's not like they are a public utility or something that is paid from our taxes or they are a function of a state or federal government etc... If you deal with a public government entity like the IRS, and you search their web site for some question, it's likely to be extremely objective, for the best public interest, etc. If you work with a private entity (sorry corporation - is that a better term?) maybe you should expect they will sometimes do things to benefit themselves rather than be honest to you? On 8/21/2009, "Michael Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote: >"Bing is run by a private company and they have the right to do whatever >they please - but so does Google, and they return results that are >critical of them" >David, > >I'm not sure what you mean by this? Neither Microsoft or Google are >privately held companies. They are public, hence the ability to buy stock in >them. They should be doing the best they can by the stock holders. > >Michael Gorman > > >On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Peter Manis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It took them 15 days to reindex though so I dont think they care much. That >> article came out on the 5th. >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Also interesting to note that between last night and today, they have >>> somehow all of a sudden indexed some sites that criticize the cost of >>> windows - so the search that is listed in that blog page actually >>> returns results now... maybe publically calling them out on twitter >>> whenever they do something dumb helps? >>> >>> >>> David Kaiser wrote: >>> > NewsFlash: Reports of Microsoft tainting their Bing >>> > <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bing> search results. >>> > >>> http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/bing_search_tainted_by_pro_microsoft_results >>> > >>> > Not that anyone is really surprised. (And yes you could argue that Bing >>> > is run by a private company and they have the right to do whatever they >>> > please - but so does Google, and they return results that are critical >>> > of them...) >>> > >>> > MSN | Windows Live | Bing | Whatever-they-call-it-next... it's >>> > still the same thing... don't count on the old dog ever learning a new >>> > trick (like being non-subjective) >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > LinuxUsers mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Peter Manis >> (678) 269-7979 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
