Kudus to Microsoft if thats true. -- ME2
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > When I first heard of the name for MS's "new" "decision" engine I thought > of Groundhog Day when Stephen Tobolowsky's ( > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997/) character says bing after every right > answer. > The character was designed to be harmless, but annoying. Good job > Microsoft! > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have to admit, I think they chose the name poorly. Google sounded a bit >> silly to begin with too, but "bing" is not a positive word association for >> me. >> >> I'd be really interested to know what research went into choosing this >> name and what the results were. I'm certainly not the average user, but I'm >> interested to know who is. >> >> I wonder if this was chosen internally by Microsoft or one of their >> marketing/ad agencies... >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Bing reminds me of one of those spammy landing pages for a misspelled >>> URL. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Monday, June 22, 2009 11:13 AM >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* RE: Bing vs. Google (a side-by-side framed web site) >>> >>> Interesting. Seemed to me that Google loaded a bit faster than Bing. >>> Guess I know which one I’m going to (keep) using. J >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Monday, June 22, 2009 11:50 AM >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Bing vs. Google (a side-by-side framed web site) >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.bing-vs-google.com/?q=%22death+star%22 >>> >>> -- >>> ME2 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.87/2195 - Release Date: >>> 06/22/09 06:54:00 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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