Hi Zico, Thanks for the writing. I guess you are one of those people who have got this crusade against M$ and the weapon is Linux. My respect goes for that.
Now bit of moving from the topic, will add few more stuffs to make us ponder. We have all had these discussion over many times at many places and though will share some of it here. 1) Do No Evil - Google The are brilliant, isn't it? The are the shining knight of modern tech field. We are in love with them. Why not? They do brilliant stuffs, making billions and still the motto is "Do No Evil". Above all they are returning money to the community in various manners. Now, how do they explain the cooperation with Chinese govt and censoring Google search result there? To me it doesn't matter. Cos I know its business and you need to make compromise. They couldn't afford to loose the most largest population to MSN search. Are they Open Source company? Don't confuse Open API with Open Source. Aren't hey locking up the most brilliant pieces of codes of our time just to make sure nobody can match up the service level they provide. Again its business and I don't mind. whats the difference between Google providing all sort of free apps so that we use them and clink the ads that come with them Vs M$ providing free explorer so that we buy Windows. At the end they are business. So how I difference between M$ and Google: None of them are Robin Hood to me but Google products are excellent. Both technically and quality. If you are talking about actual donating money, did you know that Gates Foundation donates around $7 billion every year which is enough to by the car company Ford Foundation completely. But then again Google is doing its part to in all way they can - I would say more intelligently than M$. So am I impressed, nope, its all intangible benifit to the business. Anyway I am getting carried again. 2) Acquisition Again its part of the game and every body does that. Both MS and Google are in buying spree and they are buying whatever they can. The difference being Google is buying to fuel the growth whereas MS is buying to stop their decline. If you notice, all the Googles next in line products will be from company the bought. And if you peek into the real market where Google make its money - they are buying like crazy - all the companies they could find have anything to do with online advertising. Again, hoping that it makes you ponder. ;) Now just for a joke: > MICROSOFT IS DEAD... OR GOING TO BE DEAD... 8-) > Best, > Zico > Now that we have given the verdict, shouldn't M$ just close the company, go home and save the money they have now. Whats the point of running such a expensive business which is going to be dead anyway? Run Bill run. Save the billions you have before it vanishes in loss. -- Soyuz
