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Microsoft surrenders libraries to Google
MICROSOFT has finally surrendered something in the great battle for online services to its rival Google.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Vole is calling it quits on plans to scan libraries and make contents available online.
It looks like the idea will not be able to turn a dollar, however it might help humanity preserve its knowledge and understanding.
Writing in his bog, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search and advertising group said that Vole would kill off two sites for searching the contents of books and academic journals.
Live Search will send Web surfers looking for books to non-Microsoft sites.
Apparently, Microsoft will be focusing on something called "verticals with high commercial intent" which we think means "stuff that will make us money."
Nadella said that making huge wodges of cash will be a key feature of the next generation of search, not providing knowledge to the great unwashed.
The Vole has been scanning books since 2005 and has been giving information to the Open Content Alliance.
It will give publishers copies of the 750,000 books and 80 million journal articles it has scanned in. µ
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Any of Gates's books in that line-up?
It's Getting Hard Out Here For A Pimp 
Unhappy Hooker in search of a clue
Got to give Academia the shoo
When he tryin to get this money for the rent (you ain't knowin)
For the Cadillacs and gas money spent (you ain't knowin)
Old Not Workings are hard to getCited
No Net Crawlers gots to get righted
You got to drop it when it's hot not
Lame trick johns want their cashbacks
Tart Card Booths don't trot y'all (you ain't knowin)
Getting disrespected by the hacks
Scholars got no dollars at the tracks
Commercial Collectives get the facts
London Calling's not ringing back
Put the Axis of Do No Weevil to the plate
You ain't knowin Rebate Bait...
"Nadella said that making huge wodges of cash will be a key feature of the next generation of search, not providing knowledge to the great unwashed."

Yeah, Amazon's already been doing that for a while. It's wise of the companies to look elsewhere. ;)
Gates is only interesting to find out what didn't happen anyways.