Google Bigger Than Microsoft?

elrohir

Jul 19 2006, 12:50 PM

QUOTE

Unless google decided to make an operating system from scrap and give it out for free, then yes, they will be bigger than microsoft. But creating an operating system from scrap cost billions of dollars.

does it now? I guess you have experience with writing operating systems then? Think about it, mate, the first version of Linux was written when Thorvalds was at university, and though it was not all that great at the time, it has become pretty dam awesome. And I don't think it has cost billions of dollars, either.

Then again, Google would probably not release it open source, cause of course M$ would copy it...

uiop

Jul 19 2006, 06:47 PM

I think that Google would have to expand their market if they want to surpass Microsoft. If they come out with an easy OS, then they are defidently going to be competing with Microsoft.

JField

Jul 20 2006, 08:09 AM

i suppose everything going to web base so some day all computer programs will run from net so google ll be 1

iwuvcookies

Jul 20 2006, 08:16 AM

programs running from the net means we will mostly have high speed internet. I rather have my own programs on the computer hehe. The internet woud praobby be slow wtih application sharing.

Dragonfly

Jul 20 2006, 08:47 AM

Google may not be bigger than Microsoft for now as their foci are also different. But Google is such a company with visions which has potential to overtake any other mighty software giants. They are sharp one in many applications from Search, Adsense, Google Earth, Gmail* and host of other applications and who knows they will not venture into Operating Systems in the near future. They have got the reputation which comes from their good services. And with this trend the way ahead is very bright for Google.

Acolyte

Nov 3 2006, 02:17 AM

I voted no because i don't think any company will get bigger than microsoft.. although im sure google will become very big

humanisfilth

Nov 3 2006, 04:24 AM

As they presently seem to be keeping themselves wisely niched in different areas of IT, I don't see either outstripping the other. HOWEVER, Google has been buying up a whole lotta dark fiber (unused comm lines) and it would appear they have something VERY BIG in the works. If they do become bigger than Microsoft, it won't be in the PC area...but rather networking and services related to PCs.

On the other side of the coin...if Google doesn't toss something wonderful out there in the next year or two...Microsoft may very well falter with their Vista product. It's already hella late to market and there's no screaming KUDOS coming out of Beta testing...I see potentially bad things on the horizon there. Additionally, I know of at least 2 major companies that just finished investing SO heavily in getting everything to be XP complaint, there's NO WAY they're going to begin Vista conversions until at least late 2007 if not well into 2008. Why would they given Microsoft's track record of release, discovery of billions of bugs, followed by re-release. I'm not upgrading until my present computer comes to a grinding, screeching halt...or until it becomes necessary to play Doom 9 or Quake 11.

derickkoo

Nov 3 2006, 07:28 AM

QUOTE(fdpvip @ Jul 4 2006, 02:04 PM)

Google is quickly working its way up the list of biggest companies. I think it could get bigger than Microsoft. In 2005, it was ranked number 904 on Forbes Global 2000 in 2005, and only one year later, it jumped to spot 439 in 2006. Microsoft, on the other hand, was in spot number 47 in 2005 and dropped to 55 in 2006. Not significant, but maybe overshadowing something to come?

On the other hand, people can't use google without a computer. And where are they going to get that computer? From Microsoft. And Microsoft also has a huge amount of programs under its belt. It's a tough call.

Stats provided by http://forbes.com

well, i love google and admire google, but to be frankly speaking, i don't think google can be bigger than microsoft in the 5 years, though they said google has became the first that they wanna go to work for IT works , and google culture is really wonderfull, what's more we hear that some important high leaders left microsoft one by one in the two years, BUT .... I still don't think it's so easy to beat down microsoft. for example , gmail is base on ajax technology, and microsoft release window live mail, and window live services quanity is became more and more than google services.

anyway abrove is only my personal opinion. ....

richierich1m

Dec 28 2006, 08:13 AM

google could definately go ahead of microsoft,only if launches its own o.s. and i really don't know why theay aren't they could really ,ake it big but yet microsoft is so widespread that it would be really difficult to get microsoft down even linux is not able to do it but i think google can really do it

Saint_Michael

Dec 28 2006, 03:02 PM

Agreed On that in order for Google to really surpass Microsoft is go into the software business. If they were smart they purchase the rights toOpen Office update it's look and programming and keep that free. Build 2 OS one in linux and one that could directly compete with Windows.

Of course for google to directly compete with Microsoft they will have to put price tags on all the free software they have made over the years. Of course google will have to make a gaming department and start making pc games and video games as well.

Thats what they would have to do in order to beat Microsoft, however since microsoft has about a 30 year lead on google I don't see that happening any time soon.

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