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Google and Apple used to be bound together in a common goal: break the Microsoft hegemony. However, they had two fundamentally different reasons for doing so.
by megaduck 17y ago
Google and Apple used to be bound together in a common goal: break the Microsoft hegemony.
However, they had two fundamentally different reasons for doing so. Google wanted a free and open web, where they could develop awesome server-based applications. Apple simply wanted to replace Windows computers with Apple computers. Those two goals are increasingly incompatible.
Now that they've managed to make Microsoft widely irrelevant, these vicious fights look inevitable. I think it's healthy, actually. Hopefully they'll keep each other honest.
- doron 17y agoI wonder if Microsoft is as irrelevant as people claim it to be. Bing is gaining share, windows 7 sales are good and the experience of users is good as well. a new phone system is on the pipeline, and they still completely dominate business. This fight is a huge importunity for Microsoft, bring something new while the other spend their time in courts and media frenzy pushback
- megaduck 17y agoIt's true, they've still got massive market-share and piles of cash. If you're competing in the enterprise software space, they're a major contender. However, it used to be that every new technology venture had to consider 'the Microsoft problem'. As in, 'How do we avoid getting squashed by Microsoft?' That's simply not true anymore. When was the last time you heard someone seriously discussing Microsoft as a competitive threat? Outside of games, operating systems, and office suites, MS has been largely de-fanged. Unless they turn things around, they're going to turn into another Oracle. Big, but not a powerful force outside their narrow domain.