rfgdxm1 - 9:25 pm on Jan 24, 2004 (gmt 0)

>So, another year of vaporware promises from Microsoft.

However, with Bill publicly acknowledging that Google kicked his butt, this suggests that he wants to seriously compete now. That the new MSN search won't be out until next year suggests to me that Gates realizes that it'll take some time building a search engine from scratch that can take on Google.