Word: microsoft
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...that about hypertext and the World Wide Web. The first generation of software interfaces forced the user to think too much about the tools, the story went, and too little about the task. If you wanted to write a memo, you had to think, "First I must launch Microsoft Word, my tool, and then create a new document." If you wanted to embed some piece of information that Microsoft Word wasn't optimized for, you had to launch another application, create and modify a new element there, and then move back to your original application environment, where you could deposit...
...large and highly visible multinational corporation, Google has set an admirable example by risking financial loss in order to fulfill what it sees as its moral responsibilities. We hope that other major U.S. corporations in China—such as Microsoft, which has so far commented negatively on Google’s decision—will consider following Google’s lead...
...computer screen and on devices like Apple TV and the iPhone. Amazon has a healthy customer base already built in, and Netflix has been aggressive about offering its service through third-party devices. Subscribers can select and watch films through certain DVD players and gaming platforms like Microsoft's Xbox. There's no suggestion that YouTube's selection of movies will be watchable on anything but a computer screen, at least in the immediate future...
...failure of these New Economy players in China is in stark contrast to the success of brick-and-mortar companies. Consumer stars like Nike, food franchises like Kentucky Fried Chicken, industrial giants like General Electric and United Technologies, and technology behemoths ranging from Microsoft to Intel to IBM have prospered in China. In fact, mainland China has been the most impressive growth market for hundreds of global companies for the past decade. So how did Google stumble so badly...
Read "Can Microsoft's Bing, or Anyone, Seriously Challenge Google...