Saw this on the Register earlier and it's too funny not to share...

Apple's Headquarters as viewed on MSN Virtual Earth...
http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx? 
ss=apple&cp=37.333411|-122.029708&style=h&lvl=17&v=1

Apple's Headquarters as viewed on Google Maps...
http://maps.google.com/maps? 
ll=37.332307,-122.030103&spn=0.005924,0.010131&t=k&hl=en


"Google shows the Apple Cupertino HQ - a lovely, shiny building  
probably full of iPods. MSN on the other hand shows an apparently  
empty field."

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http://doublea.speedgeeks.org

On Jul 25, 2005, at 10:50 AM, Marta Edie wrote:

> Rex, i just checked it on my Mac with Safari. It does come up and I  
> quickly checked out Louisville. The emphasis ( color) for some of  
> the streets , we would think are important, somehow fade into the  
> background. Some are identified only by the number of the road  
> ( state or national signs), not name. I think the google is easer  
> to see and read, but  this is a first impression. just to let you  
> know it works on my iMac , running 10.3.9 using Safari.
> Marta
> On Jul 25, 2005, at 10:45, Rex Baldazo wrote:
>
>
>> Speaking of Google Maps, MSN has launched their competitor called
>> "Virtual Earth":
>>
>> http://virtualearth.msn.com/
>>
>> I'm at work so I haven't been able to verify if this works on a  
>> Mac.  It
>> does work though in Firefox for Windows so at the very least it  
>> ought to
>> work on Firefox for the Mac.
>>
>> I love the fact that they even bothered to go with Firefox
>> compatibility.  The Microsoft of old would never have wasted the  
>> effort,
>> I think they're feeling some heat from the success of apps like  
>> Google
>> Maps.
>>
>> --- Rex.
>>
>>
>>
>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
>> | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu>
>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
>



| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
| be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu>
| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>

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