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Why I don't use Bing:

1. I hate the stupid pictures and the other stupid fluff.

2. It is called "Bing" (the only worse brand name is "Yaris"... what are they thinking?)

3. Microsoft doesn't help fund and staff a LOT of the Free software infrastructue I depend on.

>It is called "Bing"

I've always wondered about names...is Bing only a bad name because they haven't been successful? Is Google only a good name because they've been incredibly successful? I wonder how many people said the same thing about Google 12 years ago?

I still see Google as a silly name, but at least it has some rationale in the corporate philosophy and a hint of geek cred. "Bing" just smacks of a committee of corporate drones trying to look hip with an unintentional parody of younger, cooler Web 2.0 company names.

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