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Clicking through to the cited posts: 1. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/12/options_on_goog.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_t
by jfager 17y ago
Clicking through to the cited posts:
1. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/12/options_on_goog.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/12/optio... - Most of this post is praising Google for their TSO program. Microsoft is mentioned almost as an afterthought, to show that they also have good employee benefits (not exactly a secret).
2. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/11/google_data_cen.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/11/googl... - This was written in 2005, and is pretty much exactly in line with the predominant sentiment of that time. It's hard to make the case even today that Google has yet really attacked MS directly (no desktop OS, a much lighter office suite, etc).
3. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/10/office_20_free_.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/10/offic... - Again, mostly in praise of Google, talking specifically about how online office suites are a potentially disruptive technology that MS is scrambling to get a slice of like everyone else. And, feature-for-feature, um, of course MS Office wins. But if you don't care about feature count, so what?
4. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/12/google-vs-micro.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/12/googl... - He specifically says Google is to today's MS as Toyota was to Ford or MS was to IBM 30 years ago. The whimper about MS having smart folks who have played disruptor themselves doesn't exactly equate to "Google won't disrupt MS".
5. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/02/google_apps_tak.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/02/googl... - Alright, Fake Steve has this one pretty spot on.
6. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/05/windows_live_ho.html http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/05/windo... - It's a product blurb, followed by the drooling endorsement of pointing out that people usually don't completely abandon their old email addresses even if they move on to something else.
- sgk284 17y agoIt's worth noting that every single quote is from 2005, 2006 or 2007. A lot has changed in the past 2 to 4 years.
- slig 17y ago> Gmail is a reasonable alternative to Hotmail or Yahoo Mail, but it doesn't compare to Microsoft Outlook Gmail is pretty much the same, sans themes and offline access.
- mixmax 17y agoExcept for folders...
- gecko 17y agoAdding themes; adding offline access; adding IMAP, POP, and SMTP support; allowing labels to be treated like folders; allowing forwarding; adding in-browser chat; adding keyboard shortcuts; adding online preview and viewing of many documents, including notably Microsoft Office formats; adding contact groups; adding muted conversations; adding to-do lists; integrating with calendaring (Gcal didn't even exist when he wrote that article, let alone integrate tightly); and adding synchronization with BlackBerrys. And that's off the top of my head. Gmail's UI may be roughly the same as it was in 2005, in the same way that Outlook 2007 is basically the same as Outlook 2003, but the actual experience has markedly changed and improved--certainly enough that I think his claim could be reasonable then, but moot now.
- slig 17y agoI guess you're right.