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Google Desktop Search Coming To Mac
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
With the successful launch of their Desktop Search utility for
Windows machines complete, Google has set their sites on bringing
these same capabilities to the Mac community. This indicates a Mac
version of Google Desktop Search is forthcoming.
"According to a report that appeared in Reuters, Google chief
executive Eric Schmidt revealed that Mac users would also be receiving
a desktop search utility in the near future. There has been no official
date announced by Google concerning the launch of the Mac tool.
However, Schmidt conceded that GDS would have to be completely rebuilt
in order to compensate for the fundamental differences between Windows
and the Mac OS.
With some of the initial privacy issues surrounding Google's Desktop
Search and the upcoming launch of Tiger (featuring Spotlight), it's
hard not to question the necessity of making GDS a cross-platform
utility. Granted, not all Mac users are going to immediately upgrade
to Tiger in 2005; but with Google having to rebuild the tool, will
there still be a demand among Mac users when GDS becomes available?
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