Fight for the Web: Google v. MS
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-11-2004_pg6_1
Google now has competition from everyone’s favorite bully, Microsoft. A new search engine, MSN Search, will be–of course–integrated with Internet Explorer. Well, they may have control of most users’ desktops, but they can’t control the web: this move is designed so that the latter proposition will eventually erode.
Like Netscape, Google poses no serious platform threat to Windows. The real threat is the Web and its informational utility that does not require Windows.
Joe Wilcox at Jupiter Research, as quoted in Dailytimes.com.pk article, Microsoft opens war for Internet dominance.
On the other hand, this could make Google a tougher search engine–good news for end users.
2 Responses to “Fight for the Web: Google v. MS”
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Chris Says:
November 22nd, 2004 at 14:31:36Once again, Microsoft bites off more than they can chew. They will not succeed.
Hotmail quotas are now being upped to 250MB to compete with the beta Gmail, which still has quadruple the space and 1/1000th the spam.
I am really starting to think that they just enjoy being in court. Up to now, we have all assumed that MS is greedy, when really they only do these things to support their court addiction. -
Michael Says:
November 30th, 2004 at 03:24:18Ha! Clearly they’re showing addictive behaviors. I really do wonder when Linux (or Hurd?) is going to pull out the fat wad of cash from underneath them. Glad to hear you’re optimistic. Here’s to the “little guys” … even if they are worth $3B+ and climbing. (Correct that figure if I’m wrong….)
November 22nd, 2004 at 14:31:36
Once again, Microsoft bites off more than they can chew. They will not succeed.
Hotmail quotas are now being upped to 250MB to compete with the beta Gmail, which still has quadruple the space and 1/1000th the spam.
I am really starting to think that they just enjoy being in court. Up to now, we have all assumed that MS is greedy, when really they only do these things to support their court addiction.
November 30th, 2004 at 03:24:18
Ha! Clearly they’re showing addictive behaviors. I really do wonder when Linux (or Hurd?) is going to pull out the fat wad of cash from underneath them. Glad to hear you’re optimistic. Here’s to the “little guys” … even if they are worth $3B+ and climbing. (Correct that figure if I’m wrong….)