Plagiarism is something you dont expect microsoft to go  about, as they themselves are againt the open source and it goes against their own standards. But today I was shocked when i read “ Copycats and Copywrite ” in the Guardian . Not only does Microsoft’s Bing looks simillar to Kayak which is specialised in travel and tourism. Take a look below:

Microsoft rejects the claims, saying “Bing Travel is based on independent development… any contrary allegations are without merit”.

Douglassims who first found this out displays this comparison and states “Perhaps Microsoft didn’t just copy Kayak. After all, if the task of finding flights is reduced to its simplest form then there’s not too much room for diversity of solutions. But I would like to understand better the legal limitations on look-alike and work-alike designs. If it’s okay, then why should I not just create an auction site exactly like eBay, except in plaid instead of yellow and white, or something like Amazon.com only named after a different river? Would that be okay?”

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