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Microsoft cuts software as a service prices to match Google Apps

Posted Nov 4th 2009 5:30PM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Competitive Strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT)

Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google Apps project has gained steam (and customers) since its introduction a few years ago. Although it's not yet a true competitor to Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office juggernaut, it is making headway.

The "software as a service" camp is doing nothing but speeding up, as small and large businesses would like to offload expensive software installations and just use the Internet as a vehicle for getting things done across boundaries and time zones. Microsoft, though, is not capitulating just yet.

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Is Microsoft tough enough to withstand the web of competition?

Posted May 5th 2006 11:34AM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Launches, Internet, Blogs, Competitive Strategy, Microsoft (MSFT)

Although our friend and pal Bill Gates has made a gaffe or two in his time -- like ~~predicting~~ downplaying the future of the Internet in his 1995 book The Road Ahead -- Microsoft has the guts (and the glory) to always turn the corner at a blistering pace when its dominance is challenged. There's nothing like good ole' innovation to ensure the top players in the industry stay on their toes. Everything is kept in check, innovation wins the day and the very premise of capitalism thrives for the world to see. Call it another day in paradise.

So, what was old Billy smiling at in this 1976 booking shot from the Albuquerque police department? Was he seeing the future in 2006 and beyond, knowing that Microsoft would conquer all-things-computer, only to face stiffer-than-thou challenges by a small little open playground we all call the world wide web? What was he smiling about, after all?

When Microsoft hired Ray Ozzie recently, they inherited a new genius brain (at the perfect time) and turned a rather quiet -- but hugely important -- corner into turning its proprietary, locally-installed software into mere access over the Internet.

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