No shit right? -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:55 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Cringely : Google is Microsoft's evil twin...
If I started a tech company today, my dream would be that someday, someone would suggest that my company was turning into "the next Microsoft". On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/189388/why_google_has_become_microsofts_evil_ twin.html > > I was chatting with my fellow InfoWorld blogger Christina Tynan-Wood > this morning, and she brought up what I thought was a highly cogent > point. More and more, Google is starting to resemble Microsoft. She > wasn't talking about its sudden introduction of me-too products > (Google Buzz, hello?), or its insatiable appetite for new markets to > conquer, or its growing tendency to buy innovative technology > companies instead of creating its own stuff. > > Her point is that Google is becoming increasingly insular. It's like > the world ends at the edge of the Googleplex, and beyond that ... > there be monsters. Just like folks on the Redmond campus started to be > like back in the early '90s. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312138 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
