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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by pchristensen on Thursday June 26, 2008 @08:24PM (#229275)
"A very low price if they really believed all the hot air they were pumping out"

If Powerset sells for $100M, then they clearly don't believe their own hot air. I'd be very nervous if someone accepted an offer for much less than they claimed to be worth.

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by bluelu on Friday June 27, 2008 @05:42AM (#229617)
In my opinion they were simply running out of money and have no business model whatsoever.

100 Million is still a lot of money for something that only searches wikipedia.

With 100 million $ you could hire some of the brigthest engineers around the world and build this in less in a year.

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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by rms on Thursday June 26, 2008 @10:14PM (#229337)
We're in a recession, I don't blame them for taking what they can get.
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Re:Microsoft to buy semantic search engine Powerset for $100... by PieSquared on Thursday June 26, 2008 @10:13PM (#229335)
Eh, you're not Microsoft, it seems.
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