"Enterprise search is OUR business..."

[Newby]

...and Google is not going to take that business.

Hate to say it, but I don't think he's right. And isn't it true that when you get really threatening, you're scared you're gonna lose?

[Sidoh]

Too bad Google is already winning? :\

[iago]

Haha, they're desperate.  In the next few years, Google is going to take away more and more Microsoft business.  Just wait'll they have their own online office suite with unlimited storage space.. who's going to buy Office?

[Blaze]

I would buy a google operating system.  Google has always been there for me with neat, new interactive programs.  Microsoft keeps releasing the same blah.

[iago]

I'm reasonably sure that if Google did an OS, it would be free, closed source, and have built-in ads.  That might not be so bad, though. 

[Chavo]

Haha, they're desperate.  In the next few years, Google is going to take away more and more Microsoft business.  Just wait'll they have their own online office suite with unlimited storage space.. who's going to buy Office?

Considering google continually denies working on any office or OS products, I think that timeframe is wishful thinking

I don't think they are 'out to get Microsoft'

[iago]

Haha, they're desperate.  In the next few years, Google is going to take away more and more Microsoft business.  Just wait'll they have their own online office suite with unlimited storage space.. who's going to buy Office?

Considering google continually denies working on any office or OS products, I think that timeframe is wishful thinking

I don't think they are 'out to get Microsoft'

They have a replacement for Outlook's email client.  They have a replacement for Outlook's calendar.  I seem to remember a spreadsheet program, which replaces Excel.  It sounds like they're working on office products to me. 

They may not be ready to compete on the OS market yet, but I think they will be soon. 

[MyndFyre]

Haha, they're desperate.  In the next few years, Google is going to take away more and more Microsoft business.  Just wait'll they have their own online office suite with unlimited storage space.. who's going to buy Office?

Considering google continually denies working on any office or OS products, I think that timeframe is wishful thinking

I don't think they are 'out to get Microsoft'

They have a replacement for Outlook's email client.  They have a replacement for Outlook's calendar.  I seem to remember a spreadsheet program, which replaces Excel.  It sounds like they're working on office products to me. 

They may not be ready to compete on the OS market yet, but I think they will be soon. 

Perhaps this is true, but - particularly with e-mail - how many large corporations do you really think want their e-mail stored on 3rd-party servers they can't control?

Gmail, while amazingly great, doesn't meet that corporate need or proprietary-ness.

I also doubt that whatever calendar program Google's cooked up is really appropriate for enterprise.

[iago]

Perhaps this is true, but - particularly with e-mail - how many large corporations do you really think want their e-mail stored on 3rd-party servers they can't control?

Gmail, while amazingly great, doesn't meet that corporate need or proprietary-ness.

I also doubt that whatever calendar program Google's cooked up is really appropriate for enterprise.

I agree, and that's why I don't use those tools. 

I could see Google competing in the corporate world in the future, perhaps with self-managed boxes (which Google already does, to some extent). 

For now, they're working on the home-user market, which is still a very important market.  And they're doing a pretty good job of it. 

[rabbit]

Companies can buy Mini-Google server blades to install wherever they want.  Huzzah!

[Chavo]

Companies can buy Mini-Google server blades to install wherever they want.  Huzzah!

aye, we have one here that we use for the public library catalogue (the private one is still on an Oracle system) as do other libraries throughout the state

[rabbit]

I should correct myself.  "Companies" should be "anyone with enough money".

[MyndFyre]

I could see Google competing in the corporate world in the future, perhaps with self-managed boxes (which Google already does, to some extent). 

For now, they're working on the home-user market, which is still a very important market.  And they're doing a pretty good job of it. 

I agree.  The other thing about Gmail, though, is that it works *with* Outlook and other 3rd party clients.  So it's not necessary competing with it.

[Nate]

They also own writely.com now.  And i doubt they will produce an OS.  I see them taking the route of virtualization, with Intel talking about 32 core processors by 2010 and the populariy of Virtual Machines i think they will produce mobile devices that take advantage of online services.

[Newby]

I agree.  The other thing about Gmail, though, is that it works *with* Outlook and other 3rd party clients.  So it's not necessary competing with it.

Well, they're competing with hotmail I suppose.