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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Unable to Stop Google ('Recruits' Gartner Shills Again?)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Unable to Stop Google ('Recruits' Gartner Shills Again?)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:21:20 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Google's dominance looks unassailable

,----[ Quote ]
| As marketing challenges go, there can’t be many more daunting than taking on 
| search engine leviathan Google. With the exception of China, where homegrown 
| engine Baidu rules the roost, Google’s dominance is uniform.  
| 
| In the UK, it has an 80% share of the search market and shows no sign of 
| losing ground to its closest rivals Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and Ask. According to 
| Nielsen Online, 3.5 times as many UK searches are conducted on Google as on 
| the other 38 leading engines combined.    
`----

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Brand_Equity_/Googles_dominance_looks_unassailable/articleshow/2936521.cms

Microrosft's Partner Group is already spreading Google FUD with self-fulfilling
prophecies of doom. That Gartner is a digrace.

“Analysts sell out - that’s their business model… But they are very concerned
that they never look like they are selling out, so that makes them very
prickly to work with.”

                                –Microsoft, internal document 

http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf

Google's Cloud Attack On Microsoft

,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is so eager to take on Google in the 
| cutthroat game of online advertising that he's willing to put up $40 billion 
| just to be a contender. But Ballmer should watch his back: Google is coming 
| after Microsoft on its home court, rolling out services catering to 
| independent business software developers.    
`----

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/08/google-apps-engine-tech-intel-cx_wt_0408goog.html


Recent:

Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine

,----[ Quote ]
| One current limitation is a requirement that applications be written in 
| Python, a popular scripting language for building modern web apps (Ruby and 
| PHP are among others widely used). Google says that Python is just the first 
| supported language, and that the entire infrastructure is designed to be 
| language neutral.    
`----

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/


Google Apps' challenge to Microsoft Office

,----[ Quote ]
| "Blended or intermittent access to the network is going to make Google Docs 
| more feasible for IT managers than it was before," said David Mitchell, 
| senior vice-president of IT Research at Ovum.  
`----

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/03/230119/google-apps-challenge-to-microsoft-office.htm


Is the ride getting bumpy for Microsoft Office?

,----[ Quote ]
| Life in the world of Office Suites is getting into the fast lane with speed 
| that is simply overwhelming. With newer players flirting with newer 
| technologies and the Open Source getting collaborative like never before the 
| world of Office Suites is seeing many changes.  The undisputable market 
| leader is Microsoft Office with almost 85% share but noteworthy is Sun 
| Microsystems like yesteryears isn't the only challenger. Google Docs, 
| ThinkFree.com, Zoho.com recently launched InstaColl.com's Live-Documents.com 
| are just few of the suites challenging Microsoft's cash cow Microsoft Office.       
`----

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=16cae1d6-b699-480b-89fd-05d609238d19&ParentID=d08c09e8-1181-41a3-9e60-5cfeef8cd5fb&MatchID1=4674&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1177&PrimaryID=4674&Headline=Is+the+ride+getting+bumpy+for+Microsoft+Office%3f
http://tinyurl.com/6rdp2n


Google Docs offline illustrates open source maturity

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| Zoho has also sought to differentiate itself by quickly releasing a mobile 
| edition of its software. But rather than focusing on Zoho’s efforts, Vembu 
| wanted to emphasize what Google’s open source decision means to the 
| development process.   
| 
| “It is sometimes hard to believe that the entire space is just over 2 years 
| old, considering how far things have come. This pace will continue, even 
| intensify, over the next few months.”  
`----

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2230


Google mounts fresh assault on Microsoft Word

,----[ Quote ]
| The new offline capability of Google's word processor brings it into direct 
| competition with Microsoft Word 
`----

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3660445.ece


Google Docs Neutralizes Microsoft Office With Offline Access

,----[ Quote ]
| Google Docs' new offline access feature neutralizes a big advantage of 
| Microsoft's Office old school desktop centric productivity suite, according 
| to solution providers.  
| 
| By taking a page out of the Microsoft playbook and offering offline acess, 
| Google has in one fell swoop opened the door for Google Docs to be embraced 
| by a new group of office productivity workers, said Tyler Dikman, the CEO of 
| Cooltronics, a Tampa, Fla. solution provider.    
`----

http://www.crn.com/software/207001111


Google brings offline access to Docs and Apps

,----[ Quote ]
| Gears is currently supported in Internet Explorer 6 and above and Firefox 1.5 
| and above for Windows XP and Vista, according to Google. Firefox 1.5 and 
| above is also supported on Mac OS X 10.2 and above and Linux.
`----

http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=211699424&rid=-50


Google hopes Apps will help against Microsoft

,----[ Quote ]
| "A lot of the market has been lulled into thinking that Microsoft was the 
| only product for most anything," Girouard said. "In reality, I think our 
| products make a lot more sense, especially when you're working in a team 
| environment."   
| 
| [...]
| 
| Genentech, Cardinal Health and Proctor & Gamble are among the large companies 
| testing the service. 
`----

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/29/BUNVVK3BR.DTL&type=tech


CIA enlists Google's help for spy work

,----[ Quote ]
| US intelligence agencies are using Google's technology to help its agents 
| share information about their suspects 
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3652494.ece


Microsoft caves, in part, to online computing

,----[ Quote ]
| So it is with great pleasure that the following observation...
| 
| "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you 
| win," attributed to Mahatma Gandi is also true about high tech vendors and 
| how they react to upstart competition.  
`----

http://weblog.infoworld.com/realitycheck/archives/2008/03/microsoft_caves.html?source=rss


Related:

,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,
| declaring that the market is "our house"....
| 
| "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate,
|                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| because that is what they are intending to do."
`----

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business


,----[ Quote ]
| Besides the fact that all of the Microsoft employees I have ever encountered 
| must have been brainwashed. I don’t know where they dig these people up. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| And if they AREN’T brainwashing them, then they are just hiring incompetant, 
| pompous dumbasses. And if either is the case, why should anyone support their 
| company?  
`----

http://www.camp-site.org/blog/?p=21


Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000 businesses

,----[ Quote ]
| Google's newly released online productivity suite Google Apps has
| already replaced Microsoft Office at more than 100,000 small to
| medium enterprises and has been deployed at two of the largest
| companies in the world, according to the search leader's
| enterprise product boss.
`----

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9889/53/


Dumping Office for Google Apps

,----[ Quote ]
| Google has a friend in Disney, and that could leave Microsoft screaming
| like a jilted lover.
`----

http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/02/07/dumping-office-for-google-apps/


FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo 

,----[ Quote ]
| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
| computers pass their shelf life.
`----

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480


Can Google and Linux Topple Microsoft?

,----[ Quote ]
| The story had a certain flair. In early March, the chief information
| officer of the Federal Aviation Administration, David Bowen, was
| reportedly considering forsaking Microsoft Windows and Office in
| favor of the Linux operating system and the Web-based Google Apps
| Premium office suite.
`----

http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57534.html


Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death

,----[ Quote ]
| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of 
| survival. 
`----

http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo


Apps vs. Office: Google Ups the Ante

,----[ Quote ]
| So apparently do some 100,000 small businesses and organizations that use 
| Google's productivity and communications software. Even larger corporations, 
| such as General Electric  and Procter & Gamble , are becoming adherents.   
`----

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2007/tc20070716_231231.htm?campaign_id=yhoo


Three Minutes With Google's Apps Manager

,----[ Quote ]
| This move, which puts it in direct competition with software
| heavyweights like Microsoft, builds on Google's first steps as
| an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its firs
| enterprise search product.
`----

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070526/tc_pcworld/132241


Google Apps Catches Flak

,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft is launching an anti-Google propaganda campaign.
`----

http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/09/11/google-apps-catches-flak/?mod=yahoo_hs


Microsoft Retaliates With 10 Reasons Not To Use Google Apps

,----[ Quote ]
| This, of course, brought Google even closer to rivaling Microsoft's Office 
| suite, which has now spurred a reaction from the Redmond software giant. 
| 
| No, its not new software or updates for the popular productivity suite, but 
| rather Microsoft's own reasoning on why businesses should NOT use Google 
| Apps.  
`----

http://www.profy.com/2007/09/11/microsoft-retaliates-with-10-reasons-not-to-use-google-apps/


Will Google Loosen Microsoft's Grip on Large Enterprise?

,----[ Quote ]
| It’s got to be frustrating to sit in Redmond today and watch the world go by 
| without having much of a grip on it anymore. 
`----

http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070910/46884_id.html?.v=1


Out of the office

,----[ Quote ]
| Nobody's better at defending its turf than Microsoft of course, so this will 
| not be a quick or easy war. 
`----

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/commentary-watch-out-microsoft-google/story.aspx?guid=%7BD0EF1345-0BC4-459A-A780-8F861CEEAE40%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/2lxucto.uk/2006/09/22/python_upgrade/

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