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Google V Microsoft	by: buffalo soldier
Sorry Mr. Schmidt, Capitalist V Capitalist - nobody wins. Get real!!!

Buffalo, you are so wrong.	by: Bob Robertson
Capitalist vs. Capitalist, we all _win_. Capitalists compete by offering products people want and/or cheaper prices. When capitalists compete for market share, they can only do so by satisfying more customers than their competition. Unlike political competition, which is based upon the use of coercion, capitalist competition is based upon private property. No one can make you buy their product.

Re: Buffalo, you are so wrong.	by: pinniped
Uh ... Microsoft has always used coercion in its "business practices". If they didn't, I wouldn't be paying a Microsoft tax every time I buy a computer.

Re: Buffalo, you are so wrong.	by: Bob Robertson
No, Microsoft uses no force. What Microsoft does is leverage the razor-thin margins of the bulk PC OEMs, and the fact that most people expect a PC to have Windows on it when the price is quoted. So they negotiate sole-source contracts on the basis of offering Windows at exceptionally low prices. If all the kickbacks and promotional fees are factored in, it's very possible that the "Microsoft Tax" to you and me is no more than $10. Nothing illegal or even immoral. Just good business. Now, if you want to talk about "embrace, extend, extinguish" and "Windows ain't done till Lotus won't run", then I'll be right there in the evil Microsoft must die camp with you.

google vs MS	by: pinniped
Huh? What's with this Google vs MS nonsense? It sounds like something out of Microshill. Seriously, Google needs to anticipate what MS can do as part of normal business operations, but otherwise Google's chief aim is to make money and they couldn't care less whether MS flourished or died. Mr. Raikin seems to be living in a mushroom-induced world: “The focus is on competitive self-interest; it’s on trying to undermine Microsoft, rather than what customers want to do,” Did you spot the Bull words? What's "competitive self-interest"? Is the MS definition of "competition" 'looking after others' businesses'? Who hired this bozo? The claim to be undermining MS rather than providing what customers want is also laughable. Does MS provide what customers want? Who the hell asked for VisDuh? I say you can guess from the vapid ranting of Mr. Raikin why Google is doing well while MS is on the decline.

What about the other choices?	by: darobison
I can't believe that OpenOffice.org isn't mentioned in this article... All the choices of MS products, plus it's free like Google's (which still need a lot of work in my opinion).

Re: What about the other choices?	by: sakuramboo
the way that i see it, google docs is a lot like abiword, a word processing program that does just that and nothing more. if i want to write up something quick, im not going to use any office suite, ill just use abiword, google docs, joe or even vi, just something small enough to get my ideas on paper. but it is true that you cant really compare google docs to MS Office, but, it is getting there. remember, baby steps.