Just a few hours after I made my last post, I see this quote from good ole Bill Gates himself:
“People tend to get over-focused on one of our competitors. We’ve always seen that,” Gates said, comparing the potential threat of Google’s search capabilities to past competitors such as Internet browser Netscape and Sun Microsystems’ Java programming language. “
“I’m never going to change the press’s view about what the ‘cool company’ to write about is. That’s Google, No. 1, and Apple, No. 2….”
In other words he is saying that really they have their death rays focused on IBM.
If this is true he is foolish. I think Google, and IBM are not really serious competitors of Microsoft at all (I know this is crazy talk!). In fact they help sell their products in so many ways. Would you ever think that Yahoo is going to *crush* microsoft? Why Not. What is so different about Google. Forget about the buzz, the tech talk. What is it about Google that is going to kill Microsoft? They are not going to invent an OS overnight. Would you think that someday Unisys was going to tople the Microsoft giant. Why not? – IBM competes in the same space.
I don’t even own a Mac and I am not a raving Mac fan. I still believe that Apple is their main threat. Even if you or they do not know it.
I can see the future – if Apple follows their plan for World Domination (TM), they will be a serious problem for Microsoft.