__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 February 2007 17:50 \__
> Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a
>> moment ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>>
>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 February 2007 14:34 \__
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> Dumping Office for Google Apps
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| Google has a friend in Disney, and that could leave Microsoft
>>>>>| screaming like a jilted lover.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/02/07/dumping-office-for-google-apps/
>>>>
>>>> Umm, interesting... that's one I wouldn't have readily predicted.
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,
>>> | declaring that the market is "our house"....
>>> |
>>> | "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate,
>>> | because that is what they are intending to do."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business
>>>
>>
>> My, my, is that a threat, Mr. Gates?
"food off our plate..."
Hmmm... sounds like Mr. Baller actually.
>> I don't care who he is. If I want to enter a market, I damn well will.
>
> Quite right too. Besides, as Microsoft have proven unable to get
> anything to work in terms of web searching, I can't really see them
> being successful in a corporate environment.
And they know it. Microsoft managed to expand from something that was a niche
at the time (computer on every desk, before the age of ubiquitous
computing). Google can strike from the Web and approach the desktop. Did
Google have desktop applications 3 years ago? When did GMail first appear
and then continued its double/triple-digit inter-annum growth? Microsoft
could go the Google way almost a decade ago, but it chose to stick to the
cash cow and leave society in a dark age (or middle ages) of computing.
Google's Bosworth: Why AJAX Failed (Then Succeeded)
,----[ Quote ]
| "Back in '96-'97, me and a group of people,many of whom are here at
| Google, helped build stuff that these days is called AJAX," We
| concluded, in the face of unyielding opposition and animosity from
| virtually every senior person at Microsoft, that the thick client
| was on its way out and it was going to be replaced by browser-based apps.
`----
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2088644,00.asp
This comes from a guy who moved from Microsoft to Google, in order to bring
previously-suppressed (forbidden?) innovation.
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~~ Best wishes
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