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I've been having a thought recently that Google is Microsoft done right. Sure, they have massive influence. But I never find myself switching to a new Google pr
by tonystubblebine 17y ago
I've been having a thought recently that Google is Microsoft done right. Sure, they have massive influence. But I never find myself switching to a new Google product because I have to--I switch because they're better products.
- diego 17y agoThat was the case with MS at the beginning as well. I switched from the Sinclair Spectrum to a PC with DOS because it was better, and it became even better over time. If you pay attention you will see that Google, just like MS, is making an effort to be better than its competitors in order to disrupt and dominate their markets. Where there are no competitors, Google is letting its products languish. If they end up a virtual monopoly for the main markets, they won't be much different than MS.
- sfk 17y agoI don't agree. Nowadays I'm practically forced to communicate with people using Gmail accounts, which means that my mail is scanned at Google against my will. This is not much different from being forced to communicate with people using Word documents.
- slig 17y agoIt's very different: you don't have to own a gmail account to send an email to a persons gmail account.
- jff 17y agoYou're right. His complaint, on the other hand, is that although you can use whatever "word processor" you want, you know that at the other end Microsoft will have full access when your colleague reads the document in Word. Substitute "word processor", Microsoft, and Word with email client, Google, and Gmail as appropriate.