Software And Coffee

Reading this post by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Google made me giggle. Yes, Google made me giggle. Basically, Mr. Drummond is asserting that Microsoft may attempt to exert “inappropriate influence” on the internet, hearkening to their monopoly practices.

Quite frankly, it’s hard to muster up any sympathy. Google wasn’t the first search engine on the scene, but they are the definition of the web searches. Just today my father-in-law said “I haven’t googled that yet”. And what about google ad-words? It seems they have their own share of virtual red hotels.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending Microsoft. I’ve chosen open-source technologies over Microsoft solutions whenever it provides my client with equivalent or greater capabilities.

I use Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo products everyday, and will continue to do so (for now). I just have a new search definition: “Giggle it; just a little bit….”

Stephen Tuttle
DS Technologies, Inc

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