As everyone who is familiar with me knows I LOVE Microsoft. In fact, I often make annual pilgrimages to the holyland, Redmond, WA. Just kidding! Had you going there… Anyway, MS has let loose with another mobile technology, this time from the Live Labs, the failure which created Live Search. Its called DeepFish, and true to form Microsoft coders have managed to take a fantastic idea and “option” it to hell. I love this quote from Neowin:

It’s free and available right now (but availability is limited) for any Windows Mobile version 5.0 and up device. “The code is actually written to be potentially cross-platform. But because we ship these rapid prototypes in live labs, we’re shipping it just for that operating system for now,” concluded Alex Daley, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Live Labs.

First, they’re not giving it out any more. Second, if the code is already portable, then there shouldn’t be any reason why they can’t offer beta versions for other mobile OS now. Third, MSN Live Search sucks! Okay, so the last one is only valid if you’re me. Regardless, if Microsoft ever intended to be a cross-platform company, they would have worked a hell of a lot harder to do so already. This is lip service. Don’t expect versions for anything but MS products.

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