"#$%@ Kill Google!"
I've been interested in installing a Linux based system in one of my computers for a while now. I have the software, but haven't installed it yet. In the meantime I regularly recieve mail from the CEO of Linspire (an operating system program/company using Linux) today. Usually I don't have time to read it, but on occasion I recieve some pretty interesting stuff. Here's the dl on the Internet Titan Wars between Microsoft, Yahoo, and my fave Google.
Michael's Minute:
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#$%@ Kill Google! September 8, 2005
An intriguing but eventually vicious three-way battle is emerging between Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google for net supremacy. How each is dealing with the competitive threat says a lot about their individual company culture, management and DNA. (If you're wondering why I didn't include AOL, it's because their business seems to be moving in the wrong direction, rapidly atrophying with nearly 900,000 fewer subscribers last quarter.)
Microsoft:
Microsoft has recently made a concerted effort to hire even-keeled, friendly liaisons within the community, giving them the authority to speak for the company and the authorization to pay off those that might speak negatively of Microsoft. Behind the scenes, however, it's still the same team running the show - management that has been twice convicted of illegal actions against competitors, and that sports a stunning lack of ethical boundaries. Recent court documents from a fresh legal battle over an employee jumping ship to Google report Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer throwing chairs and screaming many unprintable words, capped off with, "I'm going to %$#@ kill Google!"
The only way Microsoft knows how to operate is with an enemy in their crosshairs. A few years back, Linspire (then Lindows) was the recipient of Ballmer's profanity-laden tirades. But Microsoft's attention has since been somewhat diverted from the ambiguous threat of Linux - which doesn't present a singular target - to Google, whose O's make convenient bull's eyes.
Look for Microsoft to employ the same approach they have used historically "
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Oh and make no mistake, I do LOVE Google. I'm a Google addict and avid supporter yeah!
Michael's Minute:
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#$%@ Kill Google! September 8, 2005
An intriguing but eventually vicious three-way battle is emerging between Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google for net supremacy. How each is dealing with the competitive threat says a lot about their individual company culture, management and DNA. (If you're wondering why I didn't include AOL, it's because their business seems to be moving in the wrong direction, rapidly atrophying with nearly 900,000 fewer subscribers last quarter.)
Microsoft:
Microsoft has recently made a concerted effort to hire even-keeled, friendly liaisons within the community, giving them the authority to speak for the company and the authorization to pay off those that might speak negatively of Microsoft. Behind the scenes, however, it's still the same team running the show - management that has been twice convicted of illegal actions against competitors, and that sports a stunning lack of ethical boundaries. Recent court documents from a fresh legal battle over an employee jumping ship to Google report Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer throwing chairs and screaming many unprintable words, capped off with, "I'm going to %$#@ kill Google!"
The only way Microsoft knows how to operate is with an enemy in their crosshairs. A few years back, Linspire (then Lindows) was the recipient of Ballmer's profanity-laden tirades. But Microsoft's attention has since been somewhat diverted from the ambiguous threat of Linux - which doesn't present a singular target - to Google, whose O's make convenient bull's eyes.
Look for Microsoft to employ the same approach they have used historically "
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Oh and make no mistake, I do LOVE Google. I'm a Google addict and avid supporter yeah!
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Thursday, September 08, 2005
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