On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> They hit paydirt with "search, don't sort" and "sell user > >> data/advertising to others, not services to users". > > But that wasn't a paradigm shift....
Seems like it is mostly a discussion about what constitutes a "paradigm shift", then, because I generally agree with the rest of your analysis. :-) Some of it's quite apt -- especially the bit about big companies floundering once their core competency market is saturated and they're forced to branch out. A couple small additions: > Microsoft's advantage was actually APIs upon which rich ecosystems could > be built by 3rd parties and enterprises. ... they lost their dominance in > mobile by not understanding what their strengths really were Microsoft's big mistake in the mobile market was making something that wasn't compatible with their existing stuff. So when Apple came along with a more compelling product, there was no reason not to jump ship. It wasn't so much that the API wasn't good enough (although maybe that was a problem, too) but that it was *different*. The same will happen with Win 8, I suspect. They think that putting Windows Apps on desktop and mobile will mean tons of adoption of the new Windows Apps platform. I suspect it will actually mean a white elephant on the desktop. I don't think they have any other choice, though. > Google is a search company that sells data derived, in part, from search. > All these other forays into different technologies are just distracting > them. Largely agree, but they've had some success with GMail and GApps. Of course, even there, a big part of GMail's success was the search function. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
