Comments on: The New York Times Opinion Piece: ‘Boycott Microsoft Bing’

By: Conor

Conor — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:15:58 +0000

Typical Microsoft.

By: Reid

Reid — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:21:28 +0000

Money corrupts – that’s old news. The key for NYT or any other newspaper is that they maintain objectivity in spite of the cash – that’s where they get their respect. If they can’t do that, though they may hide it for a while, they will eventually lose their reputation and with it their business.

Of course there are gray areas with that – very little in this world is black-and-white. But the paper still lives on its reputation: sully that too much and it’s gone. Good thing, too!

If stuff like this bites the NYT, I for one won’t shed any tears. It’s up to them to maintain their worth and reputation, and up to them to pay the price if they fail to do that.

As for Microsoft playing hardball, even dirty hardball, that’s not news either. The best antidote to that is sunshine – when it’s known, it’s less effective, or can even work against the corporation engaging in it. THAT’S where the NYT and other media come in!

By: Michael Molnar

Michael Molnar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:03 +0000

Corporations are always talking about ethics and some even make you take tests to ensure you are a person of high integrity during the course of your employment yet it is only a front to a dirty workshop which behind closed doors breaks every moral rule in the book. When will they learn that sleeping in bed with the CCP is not good for your health … perhaps they like selling their souls for profit.

By: Bob Rankin

Bob Rankin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:18:35 +0000

The NY Times has lost pretty much every shred of credibility they once had. If they start taking payola from Microsoft it’s just another nail in the coffin of the sputtering newspaper biz.

By: Justen

Justen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:49:12 +0000

I can tell you from personal experience that Microsoft is going out of its way to pay people to use its online software. It’s pursuing the market very aggressively, no-holds barred, use-us-or-else, kill-all-competition, standard Microsoft style. You can not avoid them if you do any high-end web development. This may be good or bad depending on your position, but it comes as no surprise that they’re trying to pay people to pull their results off Google, or that they’re bending over backwards to please the commies in China.

By: Cliffystones

Cliffystones — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:43 +0000

Bing, Microsoft, New York Times, The Peoples Republic of China. They all have one thing in common, manipulation!

Whether it is to promote their political philosophy, or make a less than totally honest buck, it’s a sad state of affairs for us “consumers”.

By: Gary Bing

Gary Bing — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:54:35 +0000

I already have as I found out the prices for the purchases on Bing do not match that of their sponsors as well. That made me fly out of that site like a bat out of hell .I’m not pleased with this sleazy business tactic associated with my name that they got because “I was a little slow getting it.”I think that people who think they’re getting a fair shake at Bing are a little slow.