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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 28 July 2006 08:23 \__
>
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>> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>>> wisdom:
>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | A flurry of stories about Microsoft recently got me thinking
>>>> | today about computer history. First was the story yesterday in the Wall
>>>> | Street Journal about whether it's Time to Dump Your Desktop? Another
>>>> | was the recent revelation that Microsoft is developing its own Zune
>>>> | music player and is creating yet another music store to compete with
>>>> | iTunes. Another was about how Google's new spreadsheet service could
>>>> | ultimately dent Microsoft's Office business. And then there was this
>>>> | compendium of articles about Bill Gates stepping down and another
>>>> | marketing executive leaving. These stories seemed to be saying
>>>> | something, but no one told the whole story. And then it hit me.
>>>> |
>>>> | Microsoft is about to lose the software business the same way that IBM
>>>> | lost the PC business in the 1980s.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/14310
>>>
>>> Once Microsoft gets Vista and Office (12?) out the door, they need to
>>> start working on the new releases:
>>>
>>> Windows CC
>>> Office CC
>>>
>>> where CC stands for "cash cow".
>>
>> Indeed. It's all about to collapse, I think. This has been coming for
>> a long time, but it's really here, now. The world is going to breathe a
>> sigh of relief, I think!
>
> A friend of mine argues that Google is yet to become the
> next Microsoft. I don't know how GNU/Linux fits into all of
> this, but only yesterday Google announced a hosting service
> for Open Source projects (like sf.net).
>
A lot of people are /very/ concerned about google. I'm not sure myself,
but at this stage, I don't see any particular evidence that they're
trying to rebuild a monopoly lock-in based business model. Time will
tell, no doubt!
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them
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