Michael Cooney

by Michael Cooney

Senior Editor

MSN search sits a spell

Opinion

Apr 7, 20061 min

If MSN Search falls in the woods, would anyone notice? Even better, would anyone care?

The AP reports today that the search engine pulled up lame for a bit yesterday, between 8:30 a.m. and noon. The wire service gamely tried to get Microsoft to cough up a reason why, only to be told the company was: “still trying to determine what went wrong.” Don’t hold your breath, boys.

Via My Way News

Michael Cooney

by Michael Cooney

Senior Editor

Michael is a senior editor with Network World focused on deciphering the strategies of many core high-tech vendors such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, HPE and IBM. Michael has been writing about the industry for more than 33 years and has won coverage awards from ASBPE and FOLIO. He has a BA in Journalism and Technical Writing Certificate from The Pennsylvania State University.

He can be reached at michael_cooney@foundryco.com.

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