Microsoft will close Soapbox ("Youtube Rival") on August 31st (news.cnet.com)

A few days ago, María Garaña, CEO of Microsoft Spain said to an economic newspaper[1]: "A search engine is not enough to be the leader on the web".

Well, I guess Google isn't just 'a search engine' after all, right?

[1] http://www.expansion.com/2009/07/17/empresas/tecnologia/1247...

Erik Jorgensen, he looks like a guy to spend a beer with, chatting about the latest Soapbox dancing baby videos.

Had anyone even heard of this service?