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[News] OOXML = Monopoly Enabler; Google = Monopoly Disabler?

Why Google Office Matters And Other Microsoft Competitors Don't

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| If you want to dent the Microsoft Office juggernaut with a
| Web alternative it's going to take enough users to get
| businesses to see it as an alternative. That's why Google's
| Office warrants attention. Google actually has enough users
| and mass to be a threat (someday) to Microsoft Office.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070208/26475_id.html?.v=1

Never mind other monopolies that Google creates. Same with Apple, but a
duopoly is always better for the customer than a monopoly (e.g. AMD vs.
Intel innovation and price war).


Related:

Google Steps Into Microsoft's Office

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| Greg Brandeau is itching to dump the decade-old, homegrown e-mail
| system he manages at Pixar Animation Studios Inc. And the senior
| vice-president for technology at the Walt Disney Co. unit is sure
| about one thing: The replacement won't be Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange
| and Outlook duo, whose e-mail, calendar, and other programs
| dominate corporate computing.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_07/b4021070.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology


Why Software Business Models of the Future Probably Won't Come in a Box

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| At a Wharton Leadership Lecture this past December, Ballmer noted
| that the two biggest competitive threats to Microsoft are open
| source software and advertising supported applications. "Right now,
| the emblem of the first one is Linux and the emblem of the second
| one is Google. But it's not the companies, it's the phenomena" that
| present the greatest challenge to Microsoft, said Ballmer. 
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http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/323350.html


Microsoft vs. Google in Office Software: What's The End Game?

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| Simply put, Google is a fly on the elephant that is Microsoft
| right now. But all Google has to do is make Microsoft defend the
| Office business. If Microsoft has to respond to Google Docs-it
| doesn't yet-the software giant won't be able to focus on search and
| keyword advertising. Even a company with Microsoft's cash pile
| has limited resources.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070205/26102_id.html?.v=1

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