The Chronicle of Higher Ed this morning featured a story, "Microsoft's Book-Search Project Has a Surprise Ending" By ANDREA L. FOSTER (nearly a week after the event, and I've included no links because it will disappear behind a wall after 5 days, both reasons why Chronicle is loosing ground to Inside).
I'm still not convinced Microsoft ever meant this project to be more than a pain in Google's side. Their "Surprise Ending" has the hallmarks of an attempt to "monetize" the effort in a more efficient way for them--with proprietary software and a deal to lease it to another company (Ingram), rather than proprietary algorithms and walled information. I never thought I would be defending Microsoft, makers of Outlook (ick).
Thanks to Lisa Bayer for the forward from CHE.
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