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1. Comment - Microsoft's 'Telescope' to compete with Google 'Sky'

   (May 13, 2008 - 11:50 AM)

   Umm
   
   Am I missing something here?.... You're all on about Google Earth/Sky and how Microsoft has copied them. BUT, "Q. When did Microsoft first starting looking at the sky?
   A. For 16 years, Microsoft has invested, and will continue to invest, in long-term, broad-based research through Microsoft Research. WorldWide Telescope is built on work that started with Jim Gray’s SkyServer and his contributions to Sloan Digital Sky Survey.", therefore was Microsoft not doing this first?
   
   I don't understand why people feel the need to compare everything done by one company to another, take everything on its own merits rather than stating how it compares to every other piece of software out there that has *slight* resemblance.
   
   ref: http://www.worldwidetele...e.org/buzz/FAQ.aspx#roy

2. Comment - Sony in Talks with Church of England

   (Jun 13, 2007 - 4:05 PM)

   "However, it added that the church was not necessarily meant to be the Church of England although the building in the game is quite similar to the historic structure."
   
   The Church of England is not a building, it is the Church in England which the Queen is head of.....