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  1. Comment - MSN Desktop Search Moves Out of Beta

    (May 16, 2005 - 9:48 AM)

    I find it interesting that Microsoft accuses Apple of stealing their ideas...Apple had a search tool since MacOS 8.5 (released in 1998) called Sherlock.

    Sherlock is comparable to today's MSN Search Toolbar in functionality, but also had other web services included, such as stock quotes, travel information, etc.

    Apple's new Spotlight in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is fully integrated into the OS, unlike the MSN toolbar that is an app that sits atop the OS. Spotlight indexes files on the fly, is very speedy, supports Smart Folders on the desktop, and searches within the document content. From a GUI standpoint, Spotlight mimics the metaphor Apple intruced in iTunes for searching (and now uses in other apps)...not anything Microsoft did.

    Although, Everybody Loves Raymond is going off the air tonight, I'll always have Microsoft to give me a hearty laugh...