01-15-2013, 01:18 PM
Only 14% ?
Wow! That was a fast fall from market dominance!
But in answer to your question, I don't see Google as the new Microsoft, Google has not engaged in predatory pricing schemes or strong-arming manufacturers as Microsoft did. I remember when DOS was king and Windows 3.1 was just coming out, there were competing windowing environments, but Microsoft would change some lines of code in DOS and render the competing environments unstable. Microsoft also strong-armed manufacturers into exclusive Microsoft-only contracts by low-balling the Windows OS.
Wow! That was a fast fall from market dominance!
But in answer to your question, I don't see Google as the new Microsoft, Google has not engaged in predatory pricing schemes or strong-arming manufacturers as Microsoft did. I remember when DOS was king and Windows 3.1 was just coming out, there were competing windowing environments, but Microsoft would change some lines of code in DOS and render the competing environments unstable. Microsoft also strong-armed manufacturers into exclusive Microsoft-only contracts by low-balling the Windows OS.