Bing will catch up with and beat Google in the search battle one day. At least that’s the dream Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has been sharing with the world. And while he was at it, he shared his thoughts on Twitter and Google’s battle with the EU.
Hit with the tricky question of whether Bing can compete with Google’s search dominance, Steve Ballmer looked to the future saying: “There’s no good answer to this question. If you say yes, you seem like you’re arrogant and if you say no it looks like you have no faith. So the answer is yes, someday.”
Ballmer admitted that Google is top of the search game because “they did it right first”. Interviewed at the thrillingly titled Search Engine Marketing Expo, he also revealed that he has a secret Twitter account where he tweets his son’s school basketball results.
Ballmer also admitted that Microsoft has expressed its frustrations about Google to the European Commission which is currently investigating the search giant: “We’re not silent, we’re expressing some of the issues and frustrations we see.”
Asked whether Microsoft would try and snap up Twitter, Ballmer said it was “not clear” that it would be beneficial and suggested that the microblogging service might be better of independent.
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