Google vs. Microsoft Isn't Always The Point


	Google vs. Microsoft Isn't Always The Point

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4-29-2007 5:55 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ecbf59c1-e122-414d-bf5a-bbd6e3fb4702/DB5B3830-8932-4FF4-A8D8-D89E2A306510/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3674461" href="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3674461" style="font-size: 11px;">itmanagement.earthweb.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3674461">The media sometimes simplifies the battle between tech behemoths Google and 
Microsoft in ways that are misleading.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3674461"><P>Gartner analyst David Smith said press coverage often gives the impression that Google is able to leverage the work of a four-person startup to give away productivity apps equivalent to what Microsoft (<A href="http://www.internetnews.com/stocks/quotes/quote.php/MSFT">Quote</A>) has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on developing -- and, of course, does not give away. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3674461"><P>"Browser-based applications are useful, but they don't offer everything a rich-client application does," said Smith. He also said that the popular perception that Google (<A href="http://www.internetnews.com/stocks/quotes/quote.php/GOOG">Quote</A>) is "going after" Microsoft's Office applications market is off the mark. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3674461"><P>Google is also often perceived as a "bully," Gartner said, in its relationship with content providers, an area where Microsoft does a much better job. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DB5B3830-8932-4FF4-A8D8-D89E2A306510/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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