Microsoft has criticised Google over its product development strategy. In a blog post, a spokesperson for the Windows platform holder criticised the search engine giant's "see if it sticks" approach and questioned its reliability in the business sector. "Google releases experimental products and tracks adoption to determine whether to continue providing them. Its products are like spaghetti, Google throws them up against the wall to see if they stick," wrote Tom Rizzo, director of Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. Rizzo singled out Google (more)...
- 11/4/2011
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Microsoft is slinging some mud to stick up for its Office franchise.
Tom Rizzo, senior director of Microsoft Online Services, wrote in a blog post that Google apps come with an expensive hidden tax, like the bulk of an iceberg hidden beneath a serene ocean surface, and Windows netbooks are better than MacBook Airs. He even posted this handy, pithy infographic.
Microsoft surveyed over 90 small and medium-sized businesses in five different countries recently, and discovered that, for 90% of the respondees, Google Apps were used in parallel to Microsoft's flagship Office product. Most limited their use of Google software to Gmail and calendar, with just 20% using Google Docs. Instead, 66% of companies still use Office as their main "productivity solution."
Using Google products, which are notionally low cost, actually involves incurring hidden fees, says Microsoft, which can easily push higher than the $50 initial fee. Explaining the conclusions, Rizzo suggested that the idea...
Tom Rizzo, senior director of Microsoft Online Services, wrote in a blog post that Google apps come with an expensive hidden tax, like the bulk of an iceberg hidden beneath a serene ocean surface, and Windows netbooks are better than MacBook Airs. He even posted this handy, pithy infographic.
Microsoft surveyed over 90 small and medium-sized businesses in five different countries recently, and discovered that, for 90% of the respondees, Google Apps were used in parallel to Microsoft's flagship Office product. Most limited their use of Google software to Gmail and calendar, with just 20% using Google Docs. Instead, 66% of companies still use Office as their main "productivity solution."
Using Google products, which are notionally low cost, actually involves incurring hidden fees, says Microsoft, which can easily push higher than the $50 initial fee. Explaining the conclusions, Rizzo suggested that the idea...
- 5/6/2011
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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