Author Topic: Microsoft own Crobis, Corbis own SnapVillage... (Read 4225 times)

melastmohican · « **on:** June 03, 2008, 15:45 »

I wonder why Microsoft Office includes images form Fotolia, IStock and StockXpert?

PeterChigmaroff · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2008, 15:54 »

This is not correct. Bill Gates owns Corbis and he also has many shares in Microsoft, but Microsoft does not own Corbis, yes and Corbis owns SnapVillage so I guess Bill Gates owns SnapVillage.

jsnover · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2008, 16:00 »

Quote from: melastmohican on June 03, 2008, 15:45

I wonder why Microsoft Office includes images form Fotolia, IStock and StockXpert?

When Willy Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, his answer was "Because that's where the money is".

Where are they going to get the kind of images they want for Microsoft Office?

On top of all other considerations, they need to use a site that's not beta as customers need to be able to buy high res versions if they want. SnapVillage doesn't qualify on those grounds alone.

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2008, 17:57 »

Even more odd is that Microsoft owns http://www.msn.com and they primarily use Getty for their images. Wouldn't you think they would use Corbis? Or is that some sort of conflict of interest?

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