Microsoft's Fatal Google Obsession

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Eindelijk beweging in die kolos, waarschijnlijk een kolossale vergissing ;)

Groet / Cees

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-15/microsofts-fatal-google-obsession/
n its latest attempt to unseat Google, Bill Gates’ company just announced
it will give away Microsoft Office for free. Douglas Rushkoff on why it
could doom the software giant.

In announcing this week that it will be releasing a free, online version
of its popular Office suite in 2010, Microsoft did something good for
customers—especially those of us who want to work with all those Microsoft
files favored by our employers or clients but don't want to pay for the
software. But at the same time, Microsoft’s announcement, an obvious
effort to fire back against Google's new free operating system, is bad for
Microsoft. As two computing giants compete against one another to bring us
cost-free software and services, only Google—with its near-monopoly on
online advertising—appears to have an alternative source of revenue.
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