Conventional wisdom says Google — armed with open source, software as a service (SaaS) and Web 2.0-centric tools — will trounce legacy players like Microsoft. If that’s really the case, then why has Microsoft’s revenue grown more than Google’s since 2002? Skeptical, take a look at this chart and some data culled by The VAR Guy.
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The VAR Guy likes writers who buck conventional wisdom. In recent weeks, most pundits have been bashing Microsoft’s proposed Yahoo! takeover. But James Nicholson, a CNet veteran, has an interesting take on the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo! combo that caught The VAR Guy’s eye.
The VAR Guy is reading all press releases and news coverage extra carefully today. Quite a few of them contain April Fools’ Day pranks. Some of them are quite witty, but in the Web 2.0 world, it’s dangerous to send false or misleading messages out to your readers. Here’s why.
The looming Google Android vs. Apple iPhone battle could wind up looking a lot like the old Windows vs. Mac OS war from more than a decade ago. Here’s why.
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