mr garry lee wants to “beat google”. he posted this article where he explains why the interneters should brainstorm an innovative strategy to beat google.
i won’t get into any interpretation or judgement of this here, but there’s a really annoing question running in my mind: why does he want that???
and that’s how i think this might be similar to microsoft’s experience. ok, google’s started in the universities‘ laboratories, not in an american garage but:
1. microsoft’s windows solved a real consumer problem didn’t require any special PC configuration and was widelly distributed
so did google when launching gmail. (that’s when i got in contact with it).
2. in time, microsoft has developed and integrated facilities and thus has “forced us” to use microsoft office, internet explorer, windows media player, etc.
so does google when launching google sitemaps, google reader, google spreadsheets, etc
3. soon enough microsoft itself was an entry barrier for any software company thinking to launch a product.
i might say so does google with any website. if it isn’t searchengine friendly than… trash it!!
4. and so the revolution begins: active it people, start deny microsoft’s good intentions and software quality (not that they’re too good but this isn’t the point now).
and here’s we are now: is this what’s going to happen to google? are we to expect a search engine revolution? should we see more and articles denying google’s supremacy and use?
thanks for the previous commenters of mine:
davidairey, graphicdesignblog, robcubbon, kucau, miLienzo.com, jez, opradu, pete dunn, wordpressguy.
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comment “will google be the next microsoft”
at least we can use google to undermine microsoft. Nah i dont think google will be the next microsoft. they even contributed to the community, thats what google summer of code is all about
Or maybe Microsoft is going to be the next Google.
Microsoft Wants To Hook Up With Yahoo
that would be really interesting if it would happen!
i’ll get into it deeper.
thanks Ahsan
I think Google knows to much about me… but at least Google does good thinks for people. What would happen if everyone decided to stop using google for just one day?
… i can’t imagine not doing a search for a whole day long… i just can’t imagine i can do that…
or not using google’s reader, or the analytics…
google owns us lol
and yet I still use micro$oft windows, I still develop stuff on top of the M$’s .net, I don’t see how I could make a complete switch to another platform… and I do use yahoo more then google :D.
I don’t see how it couldn’t become the next Microsoft. It is talked about way more than Microsoft is now anyways.
Yesterday, while I was at work, my sister stole my iPad and tested to see if it can survive a 40 foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My iPad is now destroyed and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!