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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post ifobu6$rdc$2@lust.ihug.co.nz on 1/1/11   
   4:04 PM:   
      
   > In message , Snit wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post ifm91g$ksd$3@lust.ihug.co.nz on   
   >> 12/31/10 9:02 PM:   
   >>   
   >>> In message , Snit wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Sure, MS is struggling in the smart phone and pad markets.  They are   
   >>>> making a decent showing in the game console market...   
   >>>   
   >>> Even there, I don©öt think they©öve yet recovered the billions in   
   >>> accumulated losses that the Xbox division has suffered.   
   >>>   
   >>>> and I expect Bing will do well over time - it is actually quite good.   
   >>>   
   >>> But will there be time? The market‹outside of Windows‹doesn©öt sit still.   
   >>   
   >> If nothing else it has pushed Google to get better.   
   >   
   > Yeah¡ªbetter than Microsoft.   
      
   Bing and Google are both excellent search engines at this point.   
      
      
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