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Microsoft feels like an outlier on this list. They are thriving right now. Also, there are still many categories of things that ChatGPT-like bots can't help wi

Microsoft feels like an outlier on this list. They are thriving right now. Also, there are still many categories of things that ChatGPT-like bots can't help with yet, such as shopping. I think we're still very early in this cycle. That doesn't mean Google will succeed, but it feels premature to be writing their obituary.

daveidol 4y ago
Very true. Although, as an aside since you brought it up: I will say shopping on Google has gotten far worse these days days with all the SEO optimized "top 10 best X" pages that are basically just affiliate link spam with extremely limited value / product testing / insight.
- chipgap98 4y ago
  That's a fair point about shopping. I was more thinking that I end up googling things that then lead me to ecommerce sites and its unlikely that ChatGPT will replace that any time soon.
Miraste 4y ago
Windows, Office, and more recently Azure are big enough to make these failures survivable and give Microsoft more chances, but IE and Windows Mobile are textbook examples of complacency.
- mrkramer 4y ago
  IE stood no chance against Google Chrome because just like Microsoft shoved down IE down the users' throats the same thing happened with Chrome and Google.
firebaze 4y ago
This is probably true, but I honestly wonder why. Windows is a commodity as far as I understand, which you can get for free with not-so-hidden tricks, which are also apparently approved by Microsoft themselves. O365 etc. survive due to corporate inertia (Excel), but I wonder if growth stems from new customers vs. big, large customers growing and requiring more licenses while actively looking for replacements. Azure is good, sure, but AWS is better (yeah, the console) and google will probably do anything to not go into irrelevance in this area, so they're stuck between a rock and a hard place. I still have MS stock (with a large payoff atm), but I honestly wonder when it's time to sell.

daveidol 4y ago

Very true. Although, as an aside since you brought it up: I will say shopping on Google has gotten far worse these days days with all the SEO optimized "top 10 best X" pages that are basically just affiliate link spam with extremely limited value / product testing / insight.

chipgap98 4y ago
That's a fair point about shopping. I was more thinking that I end up googling things that then lead me to ecommerce sites and its unlikely that ChatGPT will replace that any time soon.

Miraste 4y ago

Windows, Office, and more recently Azure are big enough to make these failures survivable and give Microsoft more chances, but IE and Windows Mobile are textbook examples of complacency.

mrkramer 4y ago
IE stood no chance against Google Chrome because just like Microsoft shoved down IE down the users' throats the same thing happened with Chrome and Google.

firebaze 4y ago

This is probably true, but I honestly wonder why. Windows is a commodity as far as I understand, which you can get for free with not-so-hidden tricks, which are also apparently approved by Microsoft themselves. O365 etc. survive due to corporate inertia (Excel), but I wonder if growth stems from new customers vs. big, large customers growing and requiring more licenses while actively looking for replacements. Azure is good, sure, but AWS is better (yeah, the console) and google will probably do anything to not go into irrelevance in this area, so they're stuck between a rock and a hard place. I still have MS stock (with a large payoff atm), but I honestly wonder when it's time to sell.