On 5/5/05, gossamer axe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read this, it's a very interesting article to see just how gates > wants to really take over the computer/internet world.
At first, I was thinking the article was humor. As in: ============= "Google is interesting not just because of web search, but because they're going to try to take that and use it to get into other parts of software," says Gates as he leans forward in his chair, his body coiled as if he could spring to his feet at any second. ============= > What's the next thing...ms decides to build cars? Maybe refrigerators? > alarm clocks? http://www.microsoft.com/Automotive/ http://www.microsoft.com/australia/worksmart/articles/internetappliances.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/resources/spot/product.mspx Not spreading itself too thin is definitely good advice for a corporation. But I think Microsoft has done a pretty good job spreading themselves out so far. Who's to say they won't have the business sense to be able to keep spreading without breaking apart? And ultimately, it's not so much about how much they control, but that they control the important stuff. Something I found interesting about the article was that it further underscores the claim that Microsoft was unjustly persecuted by the Justice Department. The allegation was that Microsoft was a monopoly, and yet Linux and Google and Firefox, more than anything else right now, are proving that there never was a monopoly. Immensely profitable business practices, yes. Unethical business practices, I'd say yes. But monopoly? Ha! says Google. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
