Knowles
msg:912612 | 6:30 pm on Aug 18, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Could their use of Linux be why Microsoft views them as such a Competitor? I dont see MSN and Google as such since one is a portal and the other is a search engine. If I want news I might go to MSN if I want to search I might go to Google. If I want news I dont go to Google I go to the news sites. Just like I dont go to the news sites for searches. I think thair may be more at play here than we realize!
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infoc
msg:912613 | 11:01 pm on Aug 18, 2002 (gmt 0) |
In the Yusuf Mehdi's article, (Corporate Vice President of MSN), the rationale for describing MSN as a competitor was that they were very much a portal - in that they offer such things as maps, financial info, stock quotes, phone lookups... and news. Running Linux is not an issue for him. [microsoft.com...]
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4eyes
msg:912614 | 11:22 pm on Aug 18, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Strangely, Yusuf also compared 'the internet' to Las Vegas!
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Brett_Tabke
msg:912615 | 7:12 am on Aug 19, 2002 (gmt 0) |
From a Redmond point of view, anyone who uses Linux is a competitor.
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martin
msg:912616 | 3:00 pm on Aug 20, 2002 (gmt 0) |
That means that they should view themselves as competittors too: Remember We Have the Way out ;-)
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