European Union Spending $152 Million To Re-Invent The Wheel

The Whistler  •  March 12, 2008

The politicians in the EU have decided to spend $152 million of their constituent’s tax dollars on developing a rival for Google.
The problem is that we’ve already got a Google. Why does the EU need to develop another one, if that’s even possible?
I’m all for competition, but why not let the market develop a competitor for Google? And if the market doesn’t produce a Google rival, does that not indicate that Google is doing a good job of meeting demand for its services as is?

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  • http://www.sayanythingblog.com/ electnixon

    Hey,
    if the socialists want to go after the socialists, that’s fine by me

  • kbiel

    Hey, it’s the socialist way. If at first you don’t succeed, through more government money at it. Some other examples: Airbus, public schools, the British National Health Service, et cetera.

  • http://vdvfamily.com/ Sphagnum

    There exsist alternatives to every one of googles services; search, storage, email, maps… It’s not like that competition is hard to find on the internet, it’s just a url click away.

    What loons…

  • Pomerdorgrad

    How did that European GPS system work out, anyway?

    Not so good.

  • kbiel

    Oh, and I forgot the biggest example: the UN.

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    Sphag nails it. There are plenty of options out there, but google is popular because they do a pretty good job for the consumer.

    Who wants to bet that this subsidized euro search will be worth a darn? I bet it can’t even find “fromage”.

  • http://www.thedailyslant.com/ Hairy Polemic

    Much more practical reason why EU’s new “technology” won’t work:

    exhibit 1:

    g o o g l e (0.6 seconds to type)

    exhibit 2:

    q u e a (wait, was that a before e?) BACKSPACE BACKSPACE a r BACKSPACE BACKSPACE a e r o

  • Mickey

    Why? Isn’t Google anti American enough for the euros?

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