[blu] Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ

[gcmarx at gmail.com (Gordon Marx)]

On 7/26/05, John Chambers <jc at trillian.mit.edu> wrote:
> Yeah, and note that Microsoft's VirtualEarth  does  the  same  thing.
> What  I  wonder  is  whether  it's pure coincidence that this feature
> seems to have appeared simultaneously in both systems.
> 
> Of course, google could have had it under development for some  time,
> and just decided to unmask it when they saw that Microsoft's new maps
> had it.
 
Right, or it could have been a pretty obvious neat thing to do that
both teams came up with simultaneously and independently.

Wait, I forgot, this is a Linux list. If MS is involved, there must be
skulduggery!

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Gordon Marx
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