Bill Gates and the art of the 'dis'
Old habits die hard when you've spent the better part of three decades perfecting the art of the "dis." Bill Gates may be on his way out, but he hasn't mellowed when it comes to appreciating the technical capacity of the competition.
So before slipping into the role of full-time philanthropist, Gates had some few less-than-kind words for Google's technical chops as he held court at the company's SharePoint conference.
Google this!
(Credit: Dan Farber)"In terms of Google, not to overstate it, but they really don't understand the special needs of business. Today, their economic model is based on consumer search. They have done an incredible job there and obviously we're investing in challenging them in that space...
"If you've seen...the Google tools that have tried to do productivity type things, they really don't have the richness the responsiveness. You can see that relative [to] the success they have had there. Most of these Google products, to be frank, the day they announce them is their best day and then after that..."
That's a nice sound byte for the press but this was a throwback moment, something we expected from a younger, brasher Gates when he was busy talking himself into an antitrust confrontation with Uncle Sam's trustbusters. Maybe he really does believe Google is that lame. To be fair, Google hasn't yet proved it can supply the needs of enterprise customers.
Matt Asay tells it straight (no chaser): "Google's continual failures in just about everything else" other than in search.
We can quibble whether that's really true. But so far, Google's done better branching into applications development than Microsoft's fared branching out from its core businesses into search. And search is where the serious bucks are being made.
Charles Cooper has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. Before joining CNET News, he worked at the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet. E-mail Charlie. 
You're always big on predicting you'll be on top some day in some new "innovation" that you didn't "innovate."
Like Steve Ballmer crowing about the failure of the iPhone months before it even came out. Saying it would never get more than 1 or 2 percent of the smartphone market. And now it's outselling all Windows Mobile phones combined.
Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates will go on record some day as the world's worst technology prognosticators. Right up there with spoon bending by Yuri Geller and the intellectual prowess of UFOlogists and Creationists.
Google is an amalgam of wishes, driven by a high pressure front of hope. They've got search. They've got not much else. The window is closing, and the stock price reflects that.
I'm sure they're very happy they hired "only the smartest from the best schools" (bullsh*tters with rich parents) with "minimal industry experience" (will make all their first, stupid mistakes at Google).
I wonder how that's going to work for Google in the long term?
Your understanding of Google, their products and their employees is... lacking? Yes, that is a fittingly mellow replacement for the actul term.
Google has great search it ends there and lately it hasn't been that much better. It's fairer to say now that it's marketshare difference is bigger than it qualitative difference. If you don't think so go type a few searches into ASK, MS, YAHOO, and GOOGLE. I think YAHOO may have closed the gap at this point.
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=47a71434-6a20-4e5d-bb6d-b83a4c11f161
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Google is an amalgam of wishes, driven by a high pressure front of hope. They've got search. They've got not much else. The window is closing, and the stock price reflects that."
Actually, they have a lot more. Have you ever been to their site. Google e-mail (where I may be going if Microsoft buys Yahoo), Google Talk, satellite view, desktop search, bild your own blog, etc, etc,
As I have found out recently, stock price is more a factor of manipulation than company well being.
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http://www.heavensmagic.org
Google believes in us and supports us.
We belive in and support google!
Why can't Microsoft let somone else be good at something?
Beware of the Ego!
It can be quite destructive...
I have a hotmail and a gmail account, but if this keeps up, in such an undignified manner, I am going with gmail.
If you can't think of something nice to say.. Then don't say anything at all..
Picking on someone else's efforts just makes you look like a bully, and that is very bad publicity!
There isn't perfection anywhere, and there seems to be a lot of judgement everywhere!
Relax...
Peace:)
- by billgate_s March 5, 2008 5:04 PM PST
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