Yes, I am talking about the war that has been sparked between two technological giants, Microsoft and Google. At this point of time Microsoft is valued at $222 billion and Google at $149 billion. Google has gained on the market value of Microsoft. One of the most interesting things that has happened is the announcement by Google that it is going to launch its own Operating System called Google Chrome. This is not the browser but actually a new Operating System. No doubt that it will take a lot of time for Google to gain momentum, but one thing that can help them is the quite large price tag that Microsoft has ended up having on Windows in order to grow their revenue and it leaves them vulnerable when Google says that they would make a quality operating system focused on today's Internet use and do it FREE.
Even if we compare the Google Docs, Google Text and Google Spreadsheet with the Microsoft Office, though cannot compete to the functionality that MS Office provides but they can make improvements over the years. Also Google provides all these features for free is a huge advantage to Google. Microsoft has also realised the same and thus it introduced Bing as a search engine in competition to Google.
The war is definitely on, it is good for us as we shall have more options to choose from. It is also good when there is competition as then both the giants will have to work hard to beat the other. At this point Microsoft stands ahead of Google but things may change very soon. I am so very excited and am enjoying this Cold War and waiting for it to get more intense. It is eventually going to be good for us as users irrespective of the fact who wins as we shall be the winners anyways.
Even if we compare the Google Docs, Google Text and Google Spreadsheet with the Microsoft Office, though cannot compete to the functionality that MS Office provides but they can make improvements over the years. Also Google provides all these features for free is a huge advantage to Google. Microsoft has also realised the same and thus it introduced Bing as a search engine in competition to Google.
The war is definitely on, it is good for us as we shall have more options to choose from. It is also good when there is competition as then both the giants will have to work hard to beat the other. At this point Microsoft stands ahead of Google but things may change very soon. I am so very excited and am enjoying this Cold War and waiting for it to get more intense. It is eventually going to be good for us as users irrespective of the fact who wins as we shall be the winners anyways.
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