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Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word constantly. But the way I see things Google isn't a software company. By that I mean Google doesn't sell software. Micros
by stanleydrew 16y ago
Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word constantly. But the way I see things Google isn't a software company. By that I mean Google doesn't sell software. Microsoft is very much a software company. They need Office and Windows to make money.
Because Google isn't selling software, there isn't really any competition with Microsoft in the office productivity space. They're not fighting the same battle. Microsoft wants to make money from Office, while Google wants to encourage more applications and content onto the web.
Do you think Google will be upset if Microsoft's docs.com is popular? The answer to that should tell you everything.
- acg 16y agoThere is more at stake than this. The danger for Google is that Microsoft controls the experience of most clients. If Microsoft's services become the standard then this cuts off Google's revenue and kills their business. It's easy to see what Microsoft would like, office online users to use Silverlight "for better rendering" which really means windows and ultimately IE. This matters to Google in the long term, hence their move into software/hardware to provide competition.