Gates vs. Google

Just read interesting article on Fortune.com that chronicles Microsoft's venture into search over the past few years. The story's not over yet, but they've definitely come a long way in regards to search. That article gives some good insight into how it came about and some of the hurdles they ran into along the way.

Here's an excerpt:

Trying to build a Google killer, however, has turned out to be truly humbling for Microsoft. The effort has taken longer, cost more money, and exposed more big-company problems at Microsoft than anyone imagined.