Google's Already Peeking into Microsoft's Windows
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| To make this fight even more exciting, remember that Google CEO Eric Schmidt
| was once the Chief Technology Officer at Sun and became the CEO of Novell
| (NOVL) in 1997.
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| In both cases, he was stopped cold in his tracks by Microsoft's shenanigans
| to keep open solutions from happening. It killed Java's potential as
| described above, and it killed Novell's NetWare by making many of its
| features standard parts of the dominant Windows OS. From Wikipedia's Novell
| entry:
|
| By 1999 Novell had lost its dominant market position, and was continually
| being out-marketed by Microsoft, which gained access to corporate data
| centres by bypassing technical staff and selling directly to corporate
| executives. Microsoft worked to make NetWare look second place with
| Windows 2000 features such as Group Policy.
|
| Does anybody doubt Mr. Schmidt's desire to see Microsoft's monopolistic grip
| on computing broken?
|
| Regarding Mr. Schmidt, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in an incident a
| couple of years ago, "I'm going to bury that guy. I have done it before, and
| I will do it again. I'm going to kill Google. . . . Google's not a real
| company. It's a house of cards." Note that I paraphrased. To see the
| decidedly more graphic original, click here.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/65315-google-s-already-peeking-into-microsoft-s-windows
"Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I
have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill Google."
--Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
Related:
Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
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| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
| survival.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo
Why Microsoft Should Fret
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| But what if at stake in the battle isn't just Microsoft's position in selling
| ads, but the very survival of its core software business? Microsoft would
| never admit that so much is on the line.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277476716860601.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=yahoo
Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?
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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
|
| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html
P. Graham: Microsoft is Dead
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| A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking
| to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo.
| I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of
| Microsoft. That was why they'd positioned themselves as a "media
| company" instead of a technology company. Then I looked at his face
| and realized he didn't understand. It was as if I'd told him how much
| girls liked Barry Manilow in the mid 80s. Barry who?
|
| Microsoft? He didn't say anything, but I could tell he didn't quite
| believe anyone would be frightened of them.
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http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
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