You can’t escape the rumors and speculation.
You can’t dodge it in the halls at Redmond, nor in the airport while waiting for a plane.
Google is doing this, that, and the other thing.
Where is Microsoft? How are they responding? Are they nervous? Are they scared?
Or…maybe…(gasp!) Microsoft is dead (insert dramatic music here).
For those who have bought into the propaganda program that Microsoft is yesterday’s company, please, please, please allow me to offer you this simple reality check. Here are a few quotes from diverse sources to consider (just in-case you think I am only “drinking the kool-aid”).
Why Google IS Afraid of Microsoft, Big Time
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTICLE:
Microsoft pummels Google in the “In-Game Advertsing” space. How? Google buys a small San-Fran company to meet the challenge. Microsoft buys the world-leader in the industry for In-game advertising.
Microsoft delivers a solid uppercut in Voice-activated local directory assistance. How? Google announces an experimental service that may not be available at all times and may not work for all users. (Cute) Microsoft acquires TellMe Networks. Heard of them? Most likely, you’ve been using them for the longest time. Almost half of all directory assistance calls are processed on TellMe’s voice platform, and roughly one in three Americans use Tellme every year to get things done.
Assertion that Microsoft’s ‘Dead’ Doesn’t Compute
QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE:
“When a software runs more than 90% of the desktops on the planet — and will for the foreseeable future — it’s simply not dead.”
“Windows runs on the vast majority of desktops in the world; Linux and OSX make up less than 10% combined”
(Microsoft) “…earned $12.6 billion after taxes in its last fiscal year”
Who is the true innovator?
Sure Google releases lots of freebies to the masses, but let’s look at what Uncle Sam has to say, shall we? The US Patent Office issues a report for every calendar year on the leading companies that have filed new inventions. Guess who was #12 on the list for 2006? Guess who was #18 on the list in 2005? Go ahead guess… Okay, I’ll tell you – Microsoft. Now, guess who will be on the list next year, quite possibly higher than #12 and who (most likely) will not be. Go ahead, I’ll wait for your answer.
I understand that several of Google’s original team will be vesting their stock soon and (presumably) heading for greener pastures. I don’t blame them! But follow this link to get an idea of what some of our retirees are doing. Just a thought…
So is Google a real competitor to Microsoft? Sure they are, no doubt, but so is that garage startup down the street. And I doubt either of them will put us out of business.
Your thoughts?
– Akshaya (ex-Googler)
I started legally purchasing all the software that I used Windows xp professional & office 2003 & Norton etc back in 2003, so that what all I have is all legal and not pirated which is very thing in India… its like being honest & you are not stealing any software (I stopped using all the keygens, patches, cracks etc) Anyways I am going to skip Vista.. but I m wayy more excited abt windows 2008 server than that Windows 6.0 aka vista
But when I had chance I picked up Linux I am more happy now to be on Linux 😛
Its choice people make – freedom – free as in \’free speech\’ not free as in \’free beer\’… *nix I can hack the kernel source code to optimize my OS for my hardware, I can never do that on windows (analogy – like buying a car whose hood is welded shut).. I can install Linux on my USB drive and carry it anywhere or maybe use a LiveCD or maybe use it as a router or maybe as a firewall.. each of these things come free & you can add more features to it by changing the source code.. Its not about security or feature its just I like the freedom of the OS to use it anywhere I want or however I want and not bothered about the EULA 😛
The only few things I like abt is MS is that they atleast are starting to \’adhere\’ to the standards.. like now concentrating on followin the web standards in new IE 7, which was so horribly broken in 6 or 5 and there are 1000s of other incompatability issues with MS products, MS implements its own way of doing things than the laid standards… & its just an annoyance.. but its their choice abt programming philosophy… And what I constantly hear in all the data centers that I have worked people usually swear by the stability old AIX, Solaris offer and there much more of these which are still there in large datacenters. We have seen Solaris working even when its processor was in flames :-P, our DB2 database used to max out at 10000 transaction persec, but it kept running…. with about 400+ days of last reboot. We bought a new hardware with double the processor speeds on windows2k3 our transaction now max out at 6K but the server starts wobbling when its 5k+ mark and the best solution restarting it :