Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100M plus

Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by ivankirigin on Thursday June 26, 2008 @05:45PM (#229149)

I can't believe that PR startup actually got bought. MS Office is in the process of crashing down, their OS is a zombie, and they leave a negative impression in the minds of many smart developers. MSFT is worthless.

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by antiismist on Thursday June 26, 2008 @06:28PM (#229198)

If by worthless you mean making $14 billion last year than you are right.

http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:MSF...

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by ivankirigin on Thursday June 26, 2008 @06:59PM (#229226)

You should buy stock in a company you think will grow. The two main components of MS are set to shrink drastically.

Stock in a dinosaur is worthless.

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by blader on Thursday June 26, 2008 @08:04PM (#229263)

It's worth about $27 a share, by definition.

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by markm on Thursday June 26, 2008 @11:41PM (#229398)

China.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/...

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by logjam on Friday June 27, 2008 @01:03AM (#229470)

I won't put words in his mouth, but maybe he means worthless as in their products and technology are becoming more and more merely laughingstocks. M$ was a lucky lottery winner, leveraged their winnings via unethical business practices, and now is imploding.

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by tx on Thursday June 26, 2008 @08:51PM (#229296)

MS Office is crashing down? What world do you live in?

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by aneesh on Thursday June 26, 2008 @07:39PM (#229249)

they leave a negative impression in the minds of many smart developers"

They also have a lot of smart developers working for them ;)

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