Google and Microsoft - It’s Lunch Time
May 19th, 2007
Back in December I wrote part one of what was going to be a piece on how MSFT could take Google’s lunch… I never did write part two, but it looks like Google may be building a cafeteria of its own. What the heck am I talking about you are asking… well I’ll tell ya.
For about the last two years I have been spending less and less time in the browser and more time in my RSS readers (FeedDemon and Go!), so that means I no longer contribute to the massive Google ad serving cash machine. I do not see any Google ads in my readers. Now, I am an early adopter and currently not representative of the masses, but you know the masses are soon going to find out about this RSS thing. And now you can see how MSFT could steal Google’s lunch – they could do this by creating another cafeteria. Back in December I thought that the launch of Vista would begin to expose moms and pops to RSS. I think this is happening, is good for MSFT, and it benefits us nicely too! The more people that know about RSS, the more people go out looking for the best in breed.
But, today I heard rumors of Google acquiring FeedBurner… well it looks like Google is recognizing this RSS trend as well and wants to get a piece of the action that is just around the corner.
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