[dougmwne]

Absolutely not. It is A result of a strong new launch from Microsoft and a weak presentation of vaporware from Google. It opens that possibility for the first time ever that Google’s dominance in Search might not be as impenetrable as it has always seemed. Lots of company value for tech companies is based on the expectations of future growth, so small strategic missteps can have a big effect on price.

But where as this is a side project for Microsoft and they are getting lucky, this is the main event for Google and they are going to aim every company resource at catching up.

Let’s see if Google can stil execute a new successful product when they have to!

[damiankennedy]

and......it's cancelled. /s