Ballmer must be seething

Story: Google Wave: The instant wiki communicatorTotal Replies: 11
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Sander_Marechal

May 29, 2009
4:50 PM EDT
Ballmer must be seething with rage. Everyone is talking about Google Wave and nobody is paying any attention to Microsoft's Bing. Perfect timing of Google :-)
montezuma

May 29, 2009
4:51 PM EDT
Q. What is the sound of another M$ copycat failure?
tuxchick

May 29, 2009
4:58 PM EDT
Bing? Is that like squirting? It sounds icky.
techiem2

May 29, 2009
4:58 PM EDT
Quoting:Q. What is the sound of another M$ copycat failure?


A chair hitting a wall?
hkwint

May 29, 2009
6:08 PM EDT
Quoting:Bing? Is that like squirting?


Well, it's supposed to be a better name for Kumo. Does nobody here follow Microsoft news? Am I really the only one? Ouch, that makes me scared. I'm outta here.
tuxchick

May 29, 2009
7:21 PM EDT
I don't like MS' marketing, it's always creepy. Like the pervy blue butterfly guys invading people's homes. Like Bill and Jerry invading people's homes. Etc.
hkwint

May 29, 2009
8:53 PM EDT
Ah, I'm starting to take this thread seriously after I watched the 1,5h video presentation of Wave. Compared to Wave, Bing is peanuts I suppose. Even announcing only Rosy (which received the 3 minute applause) would have been a larger event than Bing.

So Microsoft made Kumo / now Bing, and in the same amount of time Google made Wave. If I were MS shareholder, I'd worry and sell. Or kick out the darn incompetent management; because I suppose there are some good devs at Microsoft. Nah, forgot, the management _are_ the shareholders. That's a receipt for corporate failure.

Back to Wave: Could we implement it in LXer? Would be nice, given its promise of more effective flamewars.
montezuma

May 29, 2009
9:30 PM EDT
>Bing? Is that like squirting? It sounds icky.

You got it so Zune. I'm impressed.
gus3

May 29, 2009
9:44 PM EDT
Zune had to be renamed in Israel. Apparently it's a really strong profanity in Hebrew.
Sander_Marechal

May 29, 2009
9:59 PM EDT
Yes, in Hebrew it translates as "F*ck". Also, in French-Canadian is a euphemism for penis.

Somehow both are very fitting for the Zune :-)
jhansonxi

May 29, 2009
10:15 PM EDT
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bing

bing: meaning prison or jail
caitlyn

May 29, 2009
10:44 PM EDT
Bing and Zune means what can also be called "Bang". Why is that fitting?

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