Man, it's really interesting to watch what the big tech companies are doing as far as planning for the future of their businesses. This article came out today about Microsoft and Yahoo partnering their instant messengers. Soon, you can send IMs from MSN users to Yahoo IM users. This is great for me, as I use both programs at work to talk quickly across the Nestlé organization and 3rd party vendors that support my office. Now, I'll be able to use 1 messenger. (Trillian doesn't work well on my network).
I believe the big companies are getting worried about Google, who I believe will rule the world one day, even more so than Microsoft does currently in the O/S realm. Google just dropped an IPO and now has about $7.1 Billion of on-hand cash to buy companies with. There have been rumors that they are moving forward with VOIP, they are now offering free wi-fi for the entire city of San Fransciso, and the biggest rumor about a Google-based operating system by 2010.
All this to say, it's interesting to see how Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and possibly Apple start partnering with other companies to counteract the Google effect. And basic economics says that the more competition in the marketplace, the better for the consumer. And the parterning of MSN / Yahoo instant messengers is a great example.
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Published by John Nelson
on October 12, 2005 at 8:34 AM.
I believe the big companies are getting worried about Google, who I believe will rule the world one day, even more so than Microsoft does currently in the O/S realm. Google just dropped an IPO and now has about $7.1 Billion of on-hand cash to buy companies with. There have been rumors that they are moving forward with VOIP, they are now offering free wi-fi for the entire city of San Fransciso, and the biggest rumor about a Google-based operating system by 2010.
All this to say, it's interesting to see how Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and possibly Apple start partnering with other companies to counteract the Google effect. And basic economics says that the more competition in the marketplace, the better for the consumer. And the parterning of MSN / Yahoo instant messengers is a great example.
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