microsoft buys skype
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means nothing now to skype...means everything now to microsoft
yah, that is quite the profit right there...
Google will be a serious contender to de-throne MS. Skype is huge.
IMO no one is going to de-throne Microsoft anytime soon, including Google. Look at apple, they have been trying for years, with barely any gain at all. Microsoft just simply has the edge on the market due to sheer volume, and will keep that edge for a really long time.
I honestly don't think apple is trying to compete. They have a different segment.
Google is producing web based applications/software that will compete with MS.
They do have a long ways to go but they have the name, smarts and $$ to give it a go.
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X2 on apple taking a different road. They sell hardware MATED to their software. They get off on an 'elitist' attitude about sales and with large profit margins on their highly value-retentive hardware. But, even at their high price, the number of apple computers I now see at university settings indicate that the market is much more titled than most realize. Last I checked, Microsoft's best computer is called an xbox 360...and considering how many times those see the red ring of death, I am sure they aren't headed toward hardware any time soon.
It will be interesting to see google take on microsoft. As we move toward non-harddrive based applications with nothing physically tangible to 'touch' (as in the Chrome suite) I think that Google has a huge head start....
As long as it all gets better with time I say, GET FIGHTING!
It will be interesting to see google take on microsoft. As we move toward non-harddrive based applications with nothing physically tangible to 'touch' (as in the Chrome suite) I think that Google has a huge head start....
As long as it all gets better with time I say, GET FIGHTING!
Stock prices:
Apple $340.xx a share 16.20 million shares
Microsoft. $24.73 a share 63.12 million shares
Google: $531.25 a share 2.813 million shares
So yes they have a long ways to go.
Honestly right now, I don't think any of them consider the other their real competition.
Ms: OS, exchange server and business.
Apple: hardware with their OS, big mp3/music
Google: huge databases
I just see google eventually getting into software soon.
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I wouldn't mind it at all! but as of now, their online stuff is not cutting it (google docs). I'm even a huge Google fan. MS stuff is just way better, and IMO worth the $100.
Soon? They have been selling Google software for quite some time. Google Enterprise is a field sales force selling Google Apps etc.
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