Who will topple first? Google or Microsoft?
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Kevin McFarlane wrote:
I wouldn't say they are far weaker, but they are weaker though. They need to be better to make any headway, not just as good.
That was exactly my point.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
I thought there were plenty of alternatives. Perhaps you mean there are no half decent alternatives?
Linux is still too generic to be used from other then sys admins, programmers or dedicated teenage geeks. The GCC is a very good compiler but without a good interface for the GDB, decent IDE and visual framework it is useless for creating business software of any kind.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Google's isn't, though the bulk of it is.
Not sure I understand this. :)
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Deyan Georgiev wrote:
but without a good interface for the GDB, decent IDE and visual framework it is useless for creating business software of any kind
*cough* Qt Creator[^] gdb interface? Check. Decent IDE? Check. Visual framework? Check. :)
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Media2r wrote:
Careful now - you might invoke the wrath of the almighty "ah blow me!" CSS...
FTFY Don't mention it ;)
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Media2r wrote:
Careful now - you might invoke the wrath of the almighty "ah blow me!" CSS...
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Will Google ever be toppled from search? Will MS ever be toppled from OS or from Office apps? If so, which will happen first? In theory it should be easier to topple Google than MS. In practice Google seems to be just as hard to topple as MS.
Kevin
I know not this "Google" of which you speak.
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Media2r wrote:
Careful now - you might invoke the wrath of the almighty "ah blow me!" CSS...
FTFY Don't mention it ;)
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Just when I thought I'd see the end to FTFY :)
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Just when I thought I'd see the end to FTFY :)
Glad to oblige :)
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Google is in the advertising business. They may have competencies in hundreds of other areas but over 90% of its revenues come from advertising. Invent a better advertising system and Google will topple. It will be unable to sustain all its free services. You don't have to compete with Google's email or mobile OS products, you only have to compete with their advertising product (good luck with that.) (Just saying you shouldn't confuse what a company does with what pays the bills. Microsoft has expensive departments carried by just a few core departments that make all the money. So they are susceptible too.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
That's if they don't buy you out. Why beat the system when you can buy the system? Good to see you hear Paul, been a while :)
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Just when I thought I'd see the end to FTFY :)
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Norm .net wrote:
Just when I thought I'd see the end to FTFY
Yeah - THAT'S likely to happen in the near future... //L
Media2r wrote:
Yeah - THAT'S likely to happen in the near future...
Html formmatting error - FTFY
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Media2r wrote:
Yeah - THAT'S likely to happen in the near future...
Html formmatting error - FTFY
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Vikram, On the side note, was AP really tensed with the telangana issue.. Being in Germany , I could not gauge the mood in India My old geography book is missing around 5-6 states already :)
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I'm in Madras going insane with a migration issue, but yes, I get the idea Telengana is boiling. There's plenty of violence, a colleague on a visit to Hyd last week passed through Osmania Univ five minutes before a riot. (We ragged him saying he instigated it and escaped :) )
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Deyan Georgiev wrote:
but without a good interface for the GDB, decent IDE and visual framework it is useless for creating business software of any kind
*cough* Qt Creator[^] gdb interface? Check. Decent IDE? Check. Visual framework? Check. :)
My Linux development adventures was some six years ago, so that is something new for me. Thanks! Bookmarked and five voted!
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Will Google ever be toppled from search? Will MS ever be toppled from OS or from Office apps? If so, which will happen first? In theory it should be easier to topple Google than MS. In practice Google seems to be just as hard to topple as MS.
Kevin
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Will Google ever be toppled from search? Will MS ever be toppled from OS or from Office apps?
Of course. We don't live in a static world and every now and again there is a 'game changing' innovation or product.
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
If so, which will happen first? In theory it should be easier to topple Google than MS. In practice Google seems to be just as hard to topple as MS.
I couldn't guess.
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Ever? You mean like in 50,000,000,000 years time? Of course, both will be long gone. (Sorry but the question is useless to ask. Even if you define "Ever" as "in 5 years" you'll be a monkey's uncle if you guess right. Who would have predicted MySpace losing to Facebook so quickly? Altavista to Yahoo to Google so quickly? Now we have this "dominant" phase going on and... impossible to say when it will end and by whom.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
Paul Watson wrote:
Who would have predicted MySpace losing to Facebook so quickly?
Anybody who isn't blind? :-D
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The EU will prevent either from toppling the other in the interest of competition. Only an EU firm would ever be permitted to topple either...
Wrong! What EU would do is to present a ballot screen for consumers to choose which company they want to topple. :)
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I think Microsoft unless it changes its pricing model. There comes a point when an OS and an office suite is good enough for 99% of the people so no need to buy it again.
John
WinXP and Office 2003?
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WinXP and Office 2003?
My question is more of will there be a Windows 2025 or Office 2025?
John
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I think Microsoft unless it changes its pricing model. There comes a point when an OS and an office suite is good enough for 99% of the people so no need to buy it again.
John
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My question is more of will there be a Windows 2025 or Office 2025?
John
Yes, and will anyone care.