vincar
join:2005-07-28
Emerson, NJ | I still don't get it? Maybe it is me and someone wiser could fill me in.
I don't understand why people keep comparing MS and Google?
Microsoft is a software company and Google is an on-line media advertising service. Albeit in the technology field, but they still sell media.
Google doesn't make a dime selling any type of software, so how are they threatening MS.
MS on-line media revenue accounts for about 1/60 of their total revenue which adds up to about 870 million.
Yes MS would like to grown in this area, seeing how well Google is doing there. But MS's financial are about as good as it gets. The company grows and rates that are the envy of any company and amazing for a company this large.
To me comparing MS and Google is like saying MS and Logitech are competitors. Yes MS sells some mouses and keyboard with the MS logo on it but it is mostly for building the Microsoft brand.
As impressed as I am with Google, they have not been able to break into any other areas of revenue generating technology sectors, or have they?
One thing I do know, if Yahoo or anyone else was waiting for another company like News corp, Time Warner or even Google if there were no anti-trust issues to come along and compete with Microsoft to acquire Yahoo. They were just kidding themselves. No one came along because, no one wanted to get in a fight with MS. Not that anyone would have been able too. In the acquisitions world, cash is king and no one in the technology sector can compete with MS there. MS is now generating about 1.4 to 1.5 billion in net income a month, with little to no debt and a stock pile of cash, it was a losing battle for anyone. |
