Comments on: Microsoft Responds To Google Missive (That Was Quick)

By: Microsoft - the 10,000 pound chicken with its head cut off — Shooting at Bubbles

Microsoft - the 10,000 pound chicken with its head cut off — Shooting at Bubbles — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:30:45 +0000

[...] matter, to Paul O’Flaherty who thinks Google is reacting out of fear and then to the typical Duncan Riley and Michael Arrington pieces on [...]

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[...] Microsoft, respondieron, en boca de Brad Smith, Director General de la empresa (nota de prensa [...]

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Google pega contra Microsoft y ésta le responde > Blog Daddy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:23:29 +0000

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By: tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » The best defense is attack: Goobuntu or Google Linux

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:21:37 +0000

[...] are Google options to defend from Microsoft, apart from sending missives? Counter bidding for Yahoo, is not an option as it would not be approved by authorities. Getting a [...]

By: Appointment Book Guy

Appointment Book Guy — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:36:54 +0000

The reality is that one weak search engine gobbled up by another weak search engine does not make a strong search engine. Google will still have the best user experience. Mergers & Acquisitions != innovation

By: ash

ash — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:04:51 +0000

basically Microsoft is complaining that because they could not build a competitive (read live failed) http://aishwaryaraifanclub.net product they need to buy yahoo to compete

By: gobind

gobind — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:00:41 +0000

MS really cares about creating a strong alternative platform for online ads and is sincere about not abusing its desktop monopoly, it should spinoff its online arm and merge it with yahoo. Run it as an independent company and compete with google on merits, http://gobindbuilders.com without the OS and Office monopoly to support the online arm.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:22:50 +0000

The ad revenue driven nature of Google has affected it’s usefulness. Google has pages of paid for keyword based wrong answers even when using “”’s. Yahoo is more accurate and less likely to have “poached positions”. I use Yahoo more and I think the MS touch could improve the beast. Otherwise I’ll use the less likely search engines or meta-searches.
Try to change a business address – it requires a postcard based, nonsensical process and takes weeks. Google maps are off even when the address is correct. Yahoo is online and in real time for correction.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:39:00 +0000

So as Google takes a strong stance against Microsoft’s unsolicited offer for Yahoo, what are we mere mortals to make of the battle of the titans of tech? It’s complicated – it’s messy – it’s turning hot – it’s no place for the weak. Take my two-minute test to see if you have what it takes to shape the future of the Internet.

By: Ryan Mickle

Ryan Mickle — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:25:54 +0000

Damn Google for acquiring such a huge market share in search by creating a service that actually works… well.

By: Victor Shamanovsky

Victor Shamanovsky — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:46:02 +0000

evidence of innovation at Microsoft
http://gobeyond...thirtydemos.htm

By: mumbaikar

mumbaikar — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:08:49 +0000

from nytimes blog…

If the Google management team has a weakness, it is an obsession with Microsoft. That’s understandable perhaps. Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive worked at Sun and Novell, two companies that did battle with the Redmond, Wash., giant. And much of the rest of the top management are veterans of Netscape, which was essentially done in by Microsoft.

This oversensitivity may well cloud their reaction to the prospect of Microsoft buying Yahoo. On the face of it, the combination of its two largest rivals doesn’t look good for Google.

By: Jose Miguel Cansado

Jose Miguel Cansado — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:31:53 +0000

Google should better attack Microsoft where it hurts, and launch Google Linux (why not Goobuntu) to hit hard on Windows and Office that brings billions in profits to Microsoft.

http://tech-tal...ttack-goobuntu/

By: salary Xpert

salary Xpert — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:16:38 +0000

we should try to find a new name for the merged company, since MicrosoftYahoo is as bad as PriceWaterhouseCoopers …

my idea: MicroHooo

in this way, they would have 1 o more than google and previuosly yahoo, showing the development

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:54:18 +0000

If you call “openness” to push down our thoats .net, silverlight, live id and try to crush open document format, sabotage html5, svg and any other standard proposal, well, we have a very different understanding of “openness”

M$ will fail, we are legion

By: 37user

37user — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:47:20 +0000

Does anyone actually use Silverlight? Anyone? Anyone?

By: panefsky

panefsky — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:09:19 +0000

Disabling Javascript by default. Now that would be a good strategy for Microsoft….

By: Ravi

Ravi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:02:13 +0000

Saying “if you take the desktop out of the equation Microsoft has a reasonable track record online”, is like saying “if you take out the killing animals part, a butcher is otherwise a really peaceful guy”.

Folks who are arguing both sides of this story, remember the fact that MS is a proven abusive monopolist, whereas its just a conjecture at this point that google will be so in future.

If MS really cares about creating a strong alternative platform for online ads and is sincere about not abusing its desktop monopoly, it should spinoff its online arm and merge it with yahoo. Run it as an independent company and compete with google on merits, without the OS and Office monopoly to support the online arm.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:50:44 +0000

Huh?

By: get real

get real — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:39:55 +0000

guys,
wake up u all learned how to use google only ms operating system,most of u all would be computer illeterates with out ms

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:35:56 +0000

So basically Microsoft is complaining that because they could not build a competitive (read live failed) product they need to buy yahoo to compete (read destroy what’s left of yahoo) with Google?

By: Debbie Davies

Debbie Davies — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:05:36 +0000

It’s depressing f it’s true that either of these companies is ‘evil’. Evil is a strong word. Think about the damage it’s already done politically. What you’re saying is that big is evil. Big can’t be good. That’s a very depressing outlook for America, and for the planet.

By: tumat

tumat — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:44:16 +0000

Boy this Google post annoys me. I might have been able to swallow it if it came from Sergei or Larry. But who did it come from “David Drummond”. Yeah I’m sure he joined Google in 2002 because he saw a great opportunity to fiercely uphold web standards and be a champion for the interests of web users throughout the world. Or maybe he just wanted to make a lot of money . And maybe he wants to make sure that he can keep making a lot of money. Which do you think it is?

By: Harshal Vaidya

Harshal Vaidya — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:37:15 +0000

I lost the love towards Google when it blocked my Adsense account without giving any explanation whatsoever. This was a telltale sign of arrogance due to domination.

By: Daniel Konopacki

Daniel Konopacki — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:43:38 +0000

I’m not a fan of Microsoft. I’m also no longer a huge fan of Google. They have had their fair share of shady deals. AOL-Europe was in the market for a new advertising platform and both Yahoo and Google put in bids. In the end, AOL made the announcement that they would use Yahoo. Well, so it seemed to Yahoo. When Larry and Sergey found out, they flew to London, and did everything they could to get in the door to talk with the president of AOL-Europe about the deal. In the end, they undercut the deal with Yahoo and won the AOL-Europe search advertising solution. If that is not shady and underhanded, I’m not sure what is. It also puts into question the “Don’t be Evil” motto, because in my opinion, that’s pretty damn evil. “Fair” and “equitable” would have been to agree that they lost the bid war, count their casualties, and move on. Not “…[order] Kordestani [head of worldwide sales at Google at the time] to guarantee Rowley [then, head of AOL-Europe] that he and AOL would benefit enormously from meeting with [Sergey] and Page.” Don’t believe me, buy the book:

http://www.amaz...1507&sr=1-1

“The Google Story”, by David A. Vise. Read chapter 19.

I’m not saying that Microsoft is better than Google, but I am most surely aware that they are no worse, either. As for freedom. Like a previous post stated – I can use Firefox or Safari on my Window’s based system. I can use Mac or Linux if I don’t want to use Windows. I’m not limited in my access to the internet. But when it comes to search, Google has the lion’s share. To hear them call foul is laughable.

The real difference between Microsoft and Google is simply perception. Google hides behind their motto “Don’t be Evil”, all the while branding Microsoft as the “Computing Dictator.” We buy into this hand-over-fist. Both companies have their merits, strengths, and advantages, but both are just as guilty of deceit and dirty tactics. Google needs a search competitor. It will keep them honest, it will provide us, the users, with fair choice, and let’s face it – stiffer competition means that both have to be that much more innovative to stay ahead.

But, in the words of one of my favorite Demotivators (R) – “If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.” Good luck with that.

http://www.desp...motivation.html