tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post109780062061032467..comments2024-03-29T04:53:26.072-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: Ka-Pow! The Google Desktop.Who da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1113733934399346072005-04-17T03:32:00.000-07:002005-04-17T03:32:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1110430666299717672005-03-09T20:57:00.000-08:002005-03-09T20:57:00.000-08:00Hey Anonymous - You can use Google Desktop for sea...Hey Anonymous - You can use Google Desktop for searching your source code. Check out the "Larry's Any Text File" plug-in for Google Desktop: http://desktop.google.com/plugins/indexitall.htmlJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759347756359490466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098994631764525602004-10-28T13:17:00.000-07:002004-10-28T13:17:00.000-07:00"I hope that folks do take a chance to ponder as t..."I hope that folks do take a chance to ponder as to why our environment is so strangled that focus and resolution comes from fear of losing when the competitor is gaining ground."<br /><br />Well said. Years of being out in front with no apparent competition yielded what? In too many cases a series of incremental bug fixes/upgrades. Now that there's finally some competition in OS's, Office, search, browsers, MSFT starts to wake up albeit perhaps too slowly and maybe even too late. Proving that regardless of whether they were or weren't a monopoly, they certainly acted like one. BTW, like you're blog. MSFT needs to get its head out of its ass and asap or the current slowdown is going to look like the good old days and the stock with be single-digits. Embracing the future and web services vs putting the lion's share of resources into trying to maintain the past, would be a good start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098794693994648012004-10-26T05:44:00.000-07:002004-10-26T05:44:00.000-07:00In linux you can search with grep, find, ...
In wi...In linux you can search with grep, find, ...<br />In windows you can search with find, dir /s :-P, ...<br /><br />The improvement is that you can search to all your documents and access to the results in few seconds, or less. Previously it has indexed all your documents, and when it runs, it index all documents that you touch, like antivirus programs.<br /><br />I am searching an app like this, google desktop, but for indexing source code files (.c, .h, .vb, .cs, .cpp, .bas, .perl, .sh, . . . ) Do you know one? Linux or Windows. I am interested on both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098535752972989092004-10-23T05:49:00.000-07:002004-10-23T05:49:00.000-07:00Can you grep binary data and stuff? how can you co...Can you grep binary data and stuff? how can you compare searching to just greping? the desktop search allows you to search data in your outlook, word docs etc.. its far more than what grep can offer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098481092973555072004-10-22T14:38:00.000-07:002004-10-22T14:38:00.000-07:00This utility is awesome...you need to try it to re...This utility is awesome...you need to try it to realize how effective it is. I am messy as to where I keep files on my hardrive. I guess that why it works for me.cigars - cubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067624411690630268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098178882273716332004-10-19T02:41:00.000-07:002004-10-19T02:41:00.000-07:00Linux or windows or whatever - theres tools which ...Linux or windows or whatever - theres tools which helps you find your data. Maybe I need to install this damn thing and see what it really does because I just don't see the value unless you're hopelessly disorganized and/or can't master the apps which created the data in the first place. <br /><br />Bah, I guess my parents would fall into the latter category....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098103923570367142004-10-18T05:52:00.000-07:002004-10-18T05:52:00.000-07:00you're right - there is no value - especially to u...you're right - there is no value - especially to us Linux desktop users, with find, grep, egrep and all the other GNU search tools at our fingertips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1098046250449312782004-10-17T13:50:00.000-07:002004-10-17T13:50:00.000-07:00> Google Desktop Search can help you find web page...> Google Desktop Search can help you find web pages<br />> you've previously seen, email you've sent or <br />> received, IM chats, and files on your computer<br /><br />Maybe I'm in the minority here when I say this but I really don't have any value for this? Or am I missing the big picture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1097894580600688252004-10-15T19:43:00.000-07:002004-10-15T19:43:00.000-07:00We bought LookOut because we are morons. Neither ...We bought LookOut because we are morons. Neither the interface, nor the infrastructure of LookOut will make it into our offering. All we did is give a mediocre programmer a $2M check, for NOTHING!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1097818172410791992004-10-14T22:29:00.000-07:002004-10-14T22:29:00.000-07:00We may have a worthy opponent, but do we have the ...We may have a worthy opponent, but do we have the right people working to oppose them? MSN Search is part of ... well, MSN. We bought LookOut and will integrate it with MSN Search. LookOut is cool, MSN is... well, MSN. I'm trying to think of one thing that is innovative over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1097803707392806612004-10-14T18:28:00.000-07:002004-10-14T18:28:00.000-07:00Responses like this is why Microsoft will continue...Responses like this is why Microsoft will continue to engage in misguided efforts. I don't see why the fact Google is actually fixing our crappy OS search feature is taken as competition instead of symbiosis. <br /><br />After the billions of dollars the company spent on IE (I'm including lawsuit payouts) does the fact that the Web browser most people use is named "Internet Explorer" not "Netscape Navigator" really make a multi-billion dollar difference our bottom line? <br /><br />Here we go again...<br /><br />-- DareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com