http://thisthatotherthing.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/is-google-the-new-microsoft
Ok, so now Google is challenging Facebook and Twitter by adding new social features to Gmail that would allow users to more quickly and easily share status updates and media. These features are the heart and soul of Facebook and Twitter and by integrating it into their other programs such as Gmail, Picasa Photos, and YouTube, it poses the question, is Google beginning to look and act like Microsoft by trying to get in on every new innovation and make it their own? Ever since they first produced their Windows operating system, Microsoft has always taken existing ideas and made them their own. They have been highly successful and profitable with their flagship products, their Windows operating system and Office productivity suite. While I still value these products, it seems like in the last ten years, they have done nothing original. They latch onto a new concept or product developed by someone else and try to make it their own, often times unsuccessfully. In contrast, Google has been a leader in new innovations and has done very well with their products, which by the way are mostly free. But as Google expands into an ever increasing array of areas such as their own cell phone, and now these new Gmail services, you have to wonder, are they losing their edge? Are they becoming another Microsoft?
Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/gmail-social-feature-to-l_n_453809.html
Posted by Richard Bernier 
