HP to Dance with Evil Incorporated
Everyone knows that Microsoft is desperate. After borking their bid to buy up Yahoo, Big Evil is looking for any way it can possibly increase its competition with Google in search and more importantly, search advertising.
The Empire seems to have found one new way, thanks to a newly-formed partnership with Hewlett-Packard, the world leader in personal computer sales. According to the company's announcement, HP will now pre-load a special version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer onto every PC it sells in the United States and Canada. This rivals Google's deal with Dell to pre-load Google search tools onto their machines, as well as the default Google search in Mozilla Firefox.
Microsoft representatives are quoted claiming 40% of searchers use the default search installed for their system. If true, the HP deal will give Microsoft an immediate audience of millions for its search offerings, though the company has declined to speculate on the amount of additional traffic and revenue expected from the deal.
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spelling/grammar correction
"it's" should be "its" (no apostrophe. Unlike other possessives, possessive pronouns have no apostrophe.)
Why is this news?
This is not news.
HP recommends Windows Vista everywhere on its website.
You can't buy a HP PeeCee, either desktop or laptop, without
Windoz Vista being pre-installed. I know. I tried.
The only reason to buy a HP PeeCee is because it has a configuration
you like at a good price. Then wiping Windoz of the hard drive
doesn't feel like your loosing anything -- except the warranty.
HP has made a business decision to lay down with Microsoft. I hope
they are aware that when you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas.
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