Microsoft and Google

Reaction has been across the board to the New York Times story on Microsoft's apparent desire to take over or partner with Google. The Motley Fool investment site says such a deal would make sense, especially for Microsoft. San Jose Mercury News columnist Dan Gillmor says it would be "a terrible match."

For some context on how the MSN and Google search efforts compare, see this story from CNet News.com in June.

An entry on Slashdot puts today's news under the "is-anyone-really-surprised dept." It also points out that Google runs on Linux server software, not Microsoft's competing Windows platform. Along those lines, Microsoft über-blogger Robert Scoble once mentioned in a post that he was asked during his Microsoft job interview what he would do to convince Google to move to the Windows platform. His initial, flip answer: "Acquire them."