QUOTE (Sip @ Jun 16 2008, 12:43 AM)

In search, probably. The correct question to ask is not how to beat Google in the domains in which Google is well established, but what new domain is going to help create the next Microsoft- and Google- scale giant to emerge.
The interesting thing is that it is most likely something that we don't even know we desparately need (yet)

I'm half expecting you to add "Na-na-na-na-naaaa-na" and stick your tongue out at us
QUOTE (Harut @ Jun 16 2008, 01:12 AM)

ok, sip, spill the beans...


I'm not sure of any new "domains" - but there are several possibilities for a showdown
between google and MS.
The obvious possibility, would be that google's efforts (with the plethora of platform independent google apps being published & beta'd) are towards a scenario that renders the specific OS irrelevant. By creating a layer above the OS upon which most productivity applications are run, it will no longer be pertinent whether you're running windows/linux/mac etc. That "layer" is essentially your browser, acting as a sort of "virtual machine" that hosts and runs all that you need. This supports the future paradigm for the for most popular applications, which seems to be web-based; and with the advent of
Google Gears, users don't necessarily need to be constantly connected to the net to use them - pretty nifty' huh?
The natural target are the key Microsoft franchises Windows & Office. So what I think we're seeing (and this is from an outside, casual non-web developer's perspective) is the "gearing" up for the next war in IT, MS vs. Google.
Edited by vava, 16 June 2008 - 01:23 PM.