Google Chrome and Microsoft?

[iago]

This is a really great writeup on Chrome:
http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/07/color_on_chrome_os.html

Me and Rule were just talking about the pros and cons of Google vs Microsoft. I think that this writeup is far better than anything I came up with, and it actually makes me feel slightly better about Google (as opposed to Microsoft).

Definitely worth a read

[Camel]

This article is just a big rant on how Google is trying to stick it to Microsoft. I couldn't agree less; Google's just doing their thing in the same playground Microsoft has been in for decades. It's nothing personal.

[iago]

That may be part of the article, but it's the boring, uninteresting part.

I think the cool part is "Microsoft (et al) make their money by xxx, whereas Google makes their money by xxx. This is [good/bad] because [xxx]".

[Camel]

Google makes money when you touch yourself at night.

[iago]

Only when I.. err, youtube, umm...... nevermind.

[MyndFyre]

The article grossly underestimates Google's business model in different arenas.

"Microsoft gets paid when you buy Windows or Office or an Xbox, etc. [...] Google gets paid when you click on certain links. It doesn't matter how you clicked on that link, all that matters is that you click."

Google got paid when I bought my G1.  You know why?  It has the Google logo on the back of the phone.  To think that Google isn't interested in the consumer market is foolishly shortsighted.  And to think that Google isn't going to be able to monetize the information it will be able to gather in Chrome OS is shortsighted, too.  They may and probably will monetize it in a value-added way, like they do with ads in Gmail.  But they'll do it - don't kid yourself.

[iago]

Google got paid when I bought my G1.  You know why?  It has the Google logo on the back of the phone.  To think that Google isn't interested in the consumer market is foolishly shortsighted.  And to think that Google isn't going to be able to monetize the information it will be able to gather in Chrome OS is shortsighted, too.  They may and probably will monetize it in a value-added way, like they do with ads in Gmail.  But they'll do it - don't kid yourself.

I don't think this article discounted that. In fact, it even said that Google gets paid when you buy an Andriod phone:

But Google wins not only if I get an Android phone, but also if I get an iPhone (because the built-in Maps application uses Google), or if I install Google Maps on anything. One could even argue that it wins more if I get a non-Android phone and use their apps, because the margins are higher on the income.