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Ballmer has made it clear that he wants Microsoft to hurt Google, but I don't think Larry or Sergey set out with the intention of Google hurting Microsoft. I th
by snprbob86 17y ago
Ballmer has made it clear that he wants Microsoft to hurt Google, but I don't think Larry or Sergey set out with the intention of Google hurting Microsoft. I think that they just can't help it. By their very nature, Google upsets the balance of every industry. Google's primary mode of operation is to invent. Invention hurts incumbents. Microsoft's primary mode of operation is to negotiate business deals. Business deals make globs of money, but they slow invention.
- stcredzero 17y agoLet's look at it the other way around: Increasing competition in the Operating System business: Good for Consumers. Introducing Segmentation of the Searchable Web: Bad for Consumers. It's not the battle that's bad for consumers. It's the ammunition chosen by Microsoft. Really, that's nothing new.
- ippisl 17y agoEvery company invents. even incumbents. Google can upstes so many industries because it's business model enables it to give stuff for free(or less then free).