OT: hey, did that network that gained sentience in the Terminator have a name?

skynet? -r.

Google Master Plan http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21470089/

Thanks, rjenkinson.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiskedjak Google will win this war. But, they will be as bad, if not worse, than M$. And, they'll prove to be much more difficult competition for A…

People don't hate google like they hate Microsoft. They aren't all that mac friendly but they are better than MS.

Did they make Picasa for the mac yet?

Quote: Originally Posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO People don't hate google like they hate Microsoft. They aren't all that mac friendly but they are better than MS. Tha…

As far as I know, the only Macintosh compatible software Google has ever released is the gMail notifier for Mac OS X.

Google strikes me as a company that's trying to do things to make life easier and cooler. Like Apple. they're trying to make computing work for people. Microsoft doesn't do that. M…

I'll never understand the Picasa love thing. I use it at work on my PC only because Windows is lame in this regard. Would never want Picasa on my Mac.

Quote: Originally Posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO People don't hate google like they hate Microsoft. Don't worry, that'll come. Remember, people hated IBM more than t…

Quote: Originally Posted by kcmac I'll never understand the Picasa love thing. I use it at work on my PC only because Windows is lame in this regard. Would never want Picasa on …

Quote: Originally Posted by brokenjago As far as I know, the only Macintosh compatible software Google has ever released is the gMail notifier for Mac OS X. Most Google softw…

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiskedjak Google Master Plan http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21470089/ ...presented on a Yahoo property.

Quote: Originally Posted by tavilach Most Google software is via the web browser. Google. Google Maps. GMail. That's kind of the genius of it, isn't it? Isn't that exactly …

Quote: Originally Posted by SirCastor That's kind of the genius of it, isn't it? Isn't that exactly what Microsoft wanted to do with .Net? They wanted your applications to resid…

Quote: Originally Posted by teszeract THE WAR Quote: Originally Posted by Tesseract They are selling ads, mostly. They also sell search appliances and "Google minis". …

Two persons. I was first.

It always takes Microsoft a few years to catch on to new technologies, but when they do they always shut out the competition. Let's have a quick run through the graveyard of Micro…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kerrigan It always takes Microsoft a few years to catch on to new technologies, but when they do they always shut out the competition. Let's have a …

Quote: Originally Posted by Kerrigan It always takes Microsoft a few years to catch on to new technologies, but when they do they always shut out the competition. Let's have a …

I love how Google is using Microsoft's own tactics against it, i.e. giving stuff away to compete. I'm not sure there'll be a clear victor - Microsoft has deep pockets but I think i…

I'd just like to see a few different companies shaking things up. And if it comes to the point where you just have two formats that work well with both programs then the consumer …

Quote: Originally Posted by Salty I'd just like to see a few different companies shaking things up. And if it comes to the point where you just have two formats that work well …