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Google Takes on Microsoft with Online Software

Posted February 22, 2007 3:04 PM

From Yahoo! News: Technology News:

Internet titan Google began selling an online suite of business software in a new challenge to software powerhouse Microsoft. "Google Apps Premier Edition" packages communication and collaboration programs that are hosted on the Internet giant's computers and available to use by businesses for a 50-dollar annual fee.

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Re: Google Takes on Microsoft with Online Software

02/23/2007 4:08 PM

Its about time someone started to take Microsoft on directly!

Meanwhile, MS has been trying to push their own search engine related technology and links to go after Google by their insidious monopolistic method of incorporating it into Windows.

Microsoft has become vulnerable finally because to counter various threats to its monopoly in an effective manner would require undercutting their cash cow of MS Office.

Windows too is now reaching the point of vulnerability due to the ability of the newest processors to run multiple "virtual machines" (read operating systems) simultaneously. This will allow other operating systems (Linux for one) to gain some traction so that more application software will be written for them.

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