Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:48:41 -0800
From: Sam Pierce <scpierce at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <wsfalist at wsfa.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Microsoft's new search engine . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

And the author of the ad......Google, perchance?

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:35:33 -0500, Michael Walsh <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> from Letterman last night:
>
> Have you heard that Microsoft is launching a new search engine to
> compete with Google? They've come out with this commercial.
>
> "Microsoft if proud to announce a new, comprehensive Internet search
> engine that is far superior to Google. And using the Microsoft search
> engine couldn't be easier: simply go to www.msn.com, click the sign-in
> button, register to create a .net password, complete the registration
> check, read the terms of use and statement of privacy and confirm your
> agreement, return to the www.msn.com homepage, click search.msn.com,
> stipulate how your search words are to be interpreted, then adjust how
> the results are to be displayed, indicate the file types your search
> should cover, then specify the content to be found on those sites, type
> search.msn.com/default.aspx, enter the desire topic, and click the
> search button. It's just that easy. The new Microsoft search engine ---
> Try it today!"
>