Been busy lately and so have not managed to post for quite long.
But I just had to post this. This post is dedicated to all persons who dont know anything about the fight between MS and Google:
Check out the links starting from:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5875433.html?tag=nl.e589
There are more links as you get thru the article. Be sure to read those too.
And just as a side-note: Check out "Atlas". These are client side and server side components, which easily (??) enable you to make Web calls. This is done by encapsulating AJAX. (please dont insult by telling me that you dont know what that is).
But I just had to post this. This post is dedicated to all persons who dont know anything about the fight between MS and Google:
Check out the links starting from:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5875433.html?tag=nl.e589
There are more links as you get thru the article. Be sure to read those too.
And just as a side-note: Check out "Atlas". These are client side and server side components, which easily (??) enable you to make Web calls. This is done by encapsulating AJAX. (please dont insult by telling me that you dont know what that is).
Comments
If they were competing, why would Google's latest killer applications that have got so much hype - Google Earth, Google Desktop Search, Google Desktop and Google Talk - all work on Windows only?
Microsoft makes operating systems and provides software resources and solutions at a price. Google provides free services to support its advertising business. It is two entirely different businesses with different interests, targetting two different market classes using two different revenue models.
It is appaling to see companies like ZDNet among others trying to generate hype out of nothing.
Of course, Google will not be able to enter the OS sphere so easily, or will it?
Google will form a "virtual-OS", or an "Internet-OS" as some like to call it, if I see it right. What this means is that you will eventually replace Microsoft's applications with Google's services to do virtually everything you used to do on a MS OS. When you take a traditional desktop application, put it in a browser, give AJAX style interfaces, do not lock in the user's data with proprietary formats, add remote accessibility to the bundle, add great online collaboration tools, and throw in platform independence, customers will see value, especially in a connected world like today's.
That is MS's greatest threat from Google. Google is not trying to be another MS, but it is definitely targetting becoming an alternative desktop. I think it has every reason to succeed!