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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: slave on 17 March 2003, 06:56

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: slave on 17 March 2003, 06:56

I was on Google just now and typed in "Linux kernel source code" for some research I was doing, and guess what one of the sponsored links at the top was?  I'll let you see for yourself.

click here (http://www.insanebaboon.netfirms.com/wtf.html)

  :confused:

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: avello500 on 17 March 2003, 08:47

i feel your pain

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: Mr Smith on 17 March 2003, 21:42

Well I'm confused...  :(

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 17 March 2003, 21:55

The evil empire wants converts...

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: Calum on 17 March 2003, 16:29

are they really so stupid as to think people who search for 'linux source code' are as stupid as the people who think those people are that stupid???????//backslashbackslash

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: SAJChurchey on 17 March 2003, 20:46

Why the hell would i want to use Visual Studio to edit Linux Source code?!

Baffles the fuck out of me.

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: devlkore on 18 March 2003, 01:03

Isn't that like using BBEdit to write Visual Basic code?

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: slave on 18 March 2003, 03:02

Google should fucking censor who gets to advertise on their site.  I typed in "curses howto" for some documentation on programming with ncurses in linux, and this (http://www.real-magic-spells.com/)
was one of the sponsored links.  What crap!

Title: Check out who the "sponsored link" is on Google
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 18 March 2003, 21:43

Microsoft is trying to subconsciously associate itself with open source, so when stupid people do Linux stuff they are compelled to buy Microsoft products.