Bing is a search engine that cares about design and aesthetic, and
not only is it better than Google, at least in my opinion, it's also so
much less invasive than Google's increasingly creepy services.
It seems like most people who take the time to really use Bing and adjust to what it has to offer feel the same way that I do. But it's still facing an uphill climb, and there's a lot of hostility some places. Thanks to Windows 8, though, 2012 really could be the year that starts to change.
Windows 8 is going to be the first time that Microsoft has really
integrated its online services with its operating system on the same
scale as Google or Apple. For the first time, some of Microsoft's really
superb, and sometimes obscure, services will be front and center.
Microsoft's Online Services Devision gets a lot of hate from some investors, and up until now that's kind of been a fair assessment; as far as returns go, it's just been a massive money sink. Yet Microsoft has held on to it, steadily improving and expanding, and pouring even more money into it. Microsoft is one of the few companies that has the resources and willpower for the long term, and there's no better example of that than its online offerings.
It seems like most people who take the time to really use Bing and adjust to what it has to offer feel the same way that I do. But it's still facing an uphill climb, and there's a lot of hostility some places. Thanks to Windows 8, though, 2012 really could be the year that starts to change.
Microsoft's Online Services Devision gets a lot of hate from some investors, and up until now that's kind of been a fair assessment; as far as returns go, it's just been a massive money sink. Yet Microsoft has held on to it, steadily improving and expanding, and pouring even more money into it. Microsoft is one of the few companies that has the resources and willpower for the long term, and there's no better example of that than its online offerings.
