{"id":143,"date":"2007-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/will-google-be-the-new-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:48:27","slug":"will-google-be-the-new-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/2007\/10\/11\/will-google-be-the-new-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Google be the new Microsoft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Well they say absolute power corrupts. On the other hand the two companies are quite different. The corporate ethos and the attitude towards creativity are almost complete opposites.&nbsp; For example, I never heard any Google execs reported as using expressions such a &#8220;<em>embrace, extend and extinguish<\/em>&#8220;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Wikipedisa\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/<br \/>\nEmbrace,_extend_and_extinguish<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I think or at least I<strong> <em>hope<\/em><\/strong> that the days of any one company dominating the industry are slowly but surely drawing to a close. The rise of Google together with astonishing developments within the open source community are a major factors in this. Of course, Google makes much use of open source &#8211; so who knows what effect that might have?<\/p>\n<p>Lets&#8217;s ignore the very real Google threat to Micro$haft for a moment. If my experiences comparing the <em><strong>slug-like performance of Vista<\/strong><\/em> to the <em><strong>speed and agility of Ubuntu<\/strong><\/em> are any indication of the future then I believe that Micro$haft&#8217;s days as top dog really are numbered. Under attack from all sides, Micro$haft products will gradually become perceived as <em><strong>uncompetitive, insecure, under-performing or just plain obsolete<\/strong><\/em>. Indeed, some observers suggest this fall from favour is already happening.<\/p>\n<p>We live in interesting times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well they say absolute power corrupts. On the other hand the two companies are quite different. 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