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> Microsoft often "competes" by trying to strangle competitors revenue streams even when it's outside their core business, where they will happily lose billions
by chollida1 13y ago
> Microsoft often "competes" by trying to strangle competitors revenue streams even when it's outside their core business, where they will happily lose billions on Bing and their online division if it can reduce Googles revenues:
This is true as you point out. However it's worth pointing out that Google is the exact same.
They release free products that Microsoft charges for loosing money to reduce Microsoft's primary revenue stream.
- mythz 13y agoExcept Google's "free services" helps their strategy of keeping users on Google's services, enriches their Google profile and helps create targeted ads.
- chollida1 13y ago> Except Google's "free services" helps their strategy of keeping users on Google's services, enriches their Google profile and helps create targeted ads. I get your point but the same sentence can easily apply to Microsoft. Microsoft wants to do the same thing:)
- mythz 13y agoThey wouldn't be spearheading an anti-Google campaign against their strategy if they also wanted to do the same thing.
- nivla 13y agoCouldn't that also be said when Microsoft started bundling Internet Explorer with Windows? Does it make it right? NO! The truth is the tech industry politics is becoming as nasty as real politics. Smear campaigns by Microsoft against Google. Google trying to sabotage Windows mobile platform by actively excluding their core products. Apple and Samsung at copycat wars. Once the open world of computing is now turning into a war of ecosystems and we the consumers are the only ones standing to lose.