On 12/19/05, Tony Su <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take a look at what Google has "in Beta" right now... It's clear that > Google aims to become the "Next Microsoft" giving away services for > free. MS has been forced to deploy its own versions of free desktop and > SMB services, also currently "in Beta"... Some already initially > launched and some scheduled to launch first quarter 2006. > > You might ask what Google has in mind...
Very interesting write-up, Tony. I do wonder where Google's headed. I don't so much buy in to the "what are they up to" thing. I think they're stumbling through the dark almost as much as we are on where the company is headed. Which, perhaps, is to their credit. An evolving, emerging, business model is generally favored by markets over the top-down and engineered approach. I fear that one day I'll regret having supported Google. But I certainly support the overthrow of Microsoft. I have confidence that the general trend of the market is towards power in the hands of the individual consumer. Google looks to be headed towards evil (presently, anyway) but this brand of evil is getting easier and easier to overthrow as the years/decades/centuries go by. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
