"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:4994397.CkFcakzolP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Microsoft's future OS plans to be ambitious
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> As Microsoft looks ahead, will Vista be the end of an era?
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> | Once installed in the post, Mr Ozzie wrote an internal company
> | memo that mapped out the challenges that face Microsoft. The
> | message was clear: get Google, get with the internet and wean
> | Microsoft off Windows as we know it.
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> | "Through Google's focus they?ve gained a tremendously strong
> | position," he said. "[Microsoft] must respond quickly and decisively
> | . . . It's clear that if we fail to do so, our business as we know
> | it is at risk."
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I don't see Google ever becoming a real threat to Microsoft, even though
there's much speculation about this. People simply do not want or desire web
versions of Office or Outlook. The reaons are two-fold: if a service
provider goes broke then you will lose access to your corporate data and
secondly there will always be some small print in the license which says
that they're not responsible for loss or breach of data.
Aside from that, web applications are simply unsuitable for many jobs such
as graphic and video editiing, games etc.
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