Dave Winer votes for a multi-party search system.
Yeah, it would be nice to have some better contenders in the search space. There’s definitely plenty of room for them and there’s no doubt we will all benefit from serious efforts.
Is MSN Search a serious effort? From what I saw and heard at the search gathering in Redmond last month, Yes. Is the new search compelling enough for me to switch to right now? No. That’s OK, I didn’t expect it to be. This is a zero-generation, beta product. I do hope to see features pop up here and there that I’ll find useful though. Are the sliders it? Hmm. But the direction is good. I want more control of searching.