http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-176107 Emma Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:07:11 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4464#comment-176107 Google just launched its hosting service - appengine.google.com This seems so very much like dark days of the Microsoft OS monopoly. Who can forget the memories of; stifled competition, and price fixing. In this case Google does the arm twisting AND knuckle cracking by dropping the pricing of a service to free. Goolge is using the advantage of massive scale built on the backs of consumers and media to choke the life out of them and any competitor. Do we now face a world where all apps are run on the google platform and coded to their specifications. Have we forgotten what happened to Borland, Netscape, and Novel. Google just launched its hosting service – appengine.google.com
This seems so very much like dark days of the Microsoft OS monopoly. Who can forget the memories of; stifled competition, and price fixing. In this case Google does the arm twisting AND knuckle cracking by dropping the pricing of a service to free. Goolge is using the advantage of massive scale built on the backs of consumers and media to choke the life out of them and any competitor. Do we now face a world where all apps are run on the google platform and coded to their specifications. Have we forgotten what happened to Borland, Netscape, and Novel.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-159997 StauthamerNet :: Staut’s Family Blog» Blog Archive » Google is starting to suffer from the microsoft syndrom Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:10:41 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4464#comment-159997 [...] my friend Mark Evans points out, “Before you know it, Google has become a daily and integral part of your digital portfolio. Not [...] [...] my friend Mark Evans points out, “Before you know it, Google has become a daily and integral part of your digital portfolio. Not [...]

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-159821 A Very Prosaic Side Benefit of GDrive for Google « SmoothSpan Blog Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:41:57 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4464#comment-159821 [...] He goes on to worry about Google getting too big by quoting Mark Evans: [...] [...] He goes on to worry about Google getting too big by quoting Mark Evans: [...]

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-159783 Why Google Needs the GDrive to Fight Microsoft | The Click Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:07:36 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4464#comment-159783 [...] my friend Mark Evans points out, “Before you know it, Google has become a daily and integral part of your digital portfolio. Not [...] [...] my friend Mark Evans points out, “Before you know it, Google has become a daily and integral part of your digital portfolio. Not [...]

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-159658 Why Google Needs the GDrive to Fight Microsoft Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:06:34 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4464#comment-159658 [...] my friend Mark Evans points out, “Before you know it, Google has become a daily and integral part of your digital portfolio. Not [...] [...] my friend Mark Evans points out, “Before you know it, Google has become a daily and integral part of your digital portfolio. Not [...]

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/01/30/beholden-to-google-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-159629 The Latest on Google’s GDrive | BUZZ NEWSROOM Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:33:41 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4464#comment-159629 [...] course, there’s excitement about any new product that Google unveils given it’s Google. - from Mark [...] [...] course, there’s excitement about any new product that Google unveils given it’s Google. – from Mark [...]

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