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MSN Hires Yahoo Expert for Search

By Nate Mook, BetaNews

April 13, 2005, 11:22 AM

Microsoft said on Tuesday it has hired Yahoo's head of research and development, Dr. Gary Flake, to join its MSN portal team. Flake will be charged with helping MSN bulk up its search offerings to better compete with market leaders Google and Yahoo. Flake's background includes NEC Research Institute and Overture.

Dr. Flake is no stranger to search; at Yahoo, he focused on creating the next-generation Web search. "At Microsoft he'll be responsible for bridging the innovation happening between Microsoft Research and MSN and for setting the technology vision and future direction of the MSN portal, web search, desktop search and monetization engine," said Oshoma Momoh, MSN Search general manager.

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By horsecharles

posted Apr 13, 2005 - 6:07 PM

That's like hiring away the Chicago Cub manager instead of the Yankee manager--

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By sophist_dreams

posted Apr 13, 2005 - 1:18 PM

Am I the only who noties that Microspud is slowly hiring talent from it's competitors? Is this a left handed way to get a strangle hold on the World Wide Web?

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By snoopy3216

posted Apr 13, 2005 - 3:03 PM

first off call it Microsoft of MS, 2nd think about all the other companies that hire exMS employee's, it works both ways, and it happens with most of the companies in the world not just with MS

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