Wow. This is rather interesting news. I didn't know about google wanting to compete with microsoft til I read this thread about a minute ago. I wish them a great deal of luck if they're to go through with this. It will certainly involve a great deal of work to try to beat Microsoft, but with a well known company like google, is definitely possible. I guess i'll be able to look forward to using google-style, google-coded applications in the near future which will hopefully over-take Microsoft! My opinion is that google shouldn't find it too hard to compete with microsoft, although getting started will be a challenge.

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There are many people who already hate google now because they are growing too big for their own good. In the end, if google beats microsoft and takes over the world, do you think they will be any better? All google cares about is money too. Just like MS.

Just to get into the chinese market. google has conformed to chinese government demands to censor search results like human rights and freedom of speech. Why would google do this? Obvious. They want to get into the chinese market so they can make more money.

Google, if they can bring down MS, will simply end up being the next MS.

MS has done good for the computing world. If it weren't for MS, you wouldn't be able to do the things you can today. Namely, CUT AND PASTE. This is the most powerful tool. And it wouldn't be possible if everyone didn't use MS. Now, all programs conform to the MS methods so that cut and paste between all programs is a snap. If MS weren't the standard, cut and paste would be horrible. Have you ever tried opening an MS doc in Lotus word pro and vice versa? They look terrible.

Business has definately benfited from MS in terms of productivity.

 

 

 

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The possibility of Google bring us a Operating System is quite realistic, however I feel it might be a slightly different kind of OS. A online OS. This is quite possible even though I think some of them are slightly retarded in the way they work so far. eyeOS is a online OS that anyone can install on thier server with differen't user accounts, a savable text editor, calender, reminders and capability to write new programs. It also all runs off flat files. Maybe google will bring us something like this? Thoughts?

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But what about laptops? I am guessing one would beable to download the app like OpenOffice, but when I'm travelling, especially on the road, I'm not around an internet connection 24/7.

Maybe someday with wifi, but this is a few years off and assumes that MS doesn't do something else to counter it or Yahoo enters the game, etc...

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This is ridiculous...Google declares war on microsoft...wow, I can't wait to see Google get there faces stomped into the ground. No Pun intended. Google doesn't have nearly as much power as Microsoft, I mean, Microsoft owns 80% of the computer industry. THAT'S A MONOPOLY! Google will get owned. Enough said there.

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Google owns, i mean Google Mail with over 2GB of space, really big search engine, its extrealmy good, and if they come out with an Free Operating System, good bye Windows (that crash to much, and has to manny viruses). Google for Life!

~ Arne-Christian

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Its hard to predict what the outcome will be in this war of titans. Google's influence in the industry is exponentially growing, although i think they'll eventually walk onto a brick wall.

Dont forget, Microsoft is being screwed over by ALOT of companies, not because they suck, but because companys are trying to tear down the monopoly, if Microsoft wasnt attacked from every single side (AMD, GOOGLE, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, HACKERS/etc) they could bring new products on the market without hesitation or delay.

People nowadays are too much influenced by media, everyone blames microsoft, but they all forget that microsoft (even though they ripped off dos) is the groundlayer of the computer of today, it could have taken a much longer time before the technology of now was developed. Microsoft made many things possible, had one of the leading roles in developing computers and their industry.

Some people know that microsoft has, at one point, attempted to encourage some competition, simply because this is what the client/user needed. But the competitors are now combining forces to bring the groundlayers down?

(sorry felt like doing that quote lol)

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I realize that Microsoft has made a lot of enemies, and that's just because of there monopoly, and ofcourse what' Mr. Bill Hates--I mean gates, has done in the past. But I still don't think google will be able to pull it off.



So? There's a website that gives you over 30gigs free. And I've never even heard of them. That doesn't really mean anything.

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wow..sounds awesome if really like that.
google is powerful extremely at present IT kingdom.its popular degree from people is steady and more than befor later.microsoft just does the contrary...

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Most of the people would cheer at google while shouting at micro$oft because we all hate Microsoft. Any competitor would be able to win support from the computer world no mater it is Firefox, OpenOffice, Google or Linux. Google has won over the war with M$ over internet mail boxes, over the war in search engine and I bet that blogger.com would have a brighter prospect then space. Everyone knows the intimate relationship between sun and google and I hope that by including google in the camp of openoffice, we will have an alternative to Microsoft’s products and will phase out the old as Firefox displaces Internet Explorers from the computing world.

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