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Microsoft shuts down book scanning operations - M.Helen - 05-25-2008
They will stop book scanning operations for competing with Google, as they collapsed after its bid for Yahoo of $47.5 billion. And I was hoping that we'll have the world's entire library in the Internet...but...
Re: Microsoft shuts down book scanning operations - Terry - 05-30-2008
it's only for a while, they will resume scanning the books, as this is their competitive advatage
Re: Microsoft shuts down book scanning operations - Faw_Peter - 09-08-2008
If that library existed, I guess it would be expensive to use anyway. Rare materials charge big money.
Re: Microsoft shuts down book scanning operations - Hakan G - 09-11-2008
Yep. Nobody is doing anything that does not involve money. Money is the reason of the most events that occur form day to day.