Comments on: Google vs. Microsoft http://www.badlanguage.net/google-vs-microsoft Writing about writing Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bad Language / First impressions of Google Spreadsheet http://www.badlanguage.net/google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1#comment-226 Bad Language / First impressions of Google Spreadsheet Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:34:18 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=142#comment-226 [...] Is Google’s spreadsheet a) a flare to distract Microsoft, as Nicholas Carr believes, b) a trial balloon to see if there’s a lot of interest, c) a PR stunt, d) part of a longer-term strategy to evolve an online competitor to Microsoft’s Office System - this is what I believe and I have posted about this before. [...] [...] Is Google’s spreadsheet a) a flare to distract Microsoft, as Nicholas Carr believes, b) a trial balloon to see if there’s a lot of interest, c) a PR stunt, d) part of a longer-term strategy to evolve an online competitor to Microsoft’s Office System – this is what I believe and I have posted about this before. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1#comment-220 Matthew Stibbe Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:05:51 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=142#comment-220 Well it is open to interpretation since we're doing more Kremlin watching than anything else, aren't we? I saw a nice contradictory opinion on SVN (http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_flares.php) which basically asserts that these kinds of announcements are 'flares' designed to throw Microsoft of the scent. I think Nicholas Carr's interesting blog makes a good point too. I agree that Google aren't trying to resurrect Lotus 1-2-3 or some other standalone Excel-killer. It's more that they're chopping Excel's legs off at the ankles. Well it is open to interpretation since we’re doing more Kremlin watching than anything else, aren’t we?

I saw a nice contradictory opinion on SVN (http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_flares.php) which basically asserts that these kinds of announcements are ‘flares’ designed to throw Microsoft of the scent.

I think Nicholas Carr’s interesting blog makes a good point too. I agree that Google aren’t trying to resurrect Lotus 1-2-3 or some other standalone Excel-killer. It’s more that they’re chopping Excel’s legs off at the ankles.

]]> By: Bruce Jack http://www.badlanguage.net/google-vs-microsoft/comment-page-1#comment-219 Bruce Jack Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:22:28 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=142#comment-219 I'm not sure I completely agree, in the short-term at least. I don't think google's short-term goal is to take over a portion of Microsoft's market share for office tools. In the long term, that might be another story... Have a look at Nicholas Carr's blog and see if you agree. http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/06/googles_office.php I’m not sure I completely agree, in the short-term at least. I don’t think google’s short-term goal is to take over a portion of Microsoft’s market share for office tools. In the long term, that might be another story…

Have a look at Nicholas Carr’s blog and see if you agree. http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/06/googles_office.php

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