Forbes : "Disruption | Microsoft is the new Google, Google is the old Microsoft ?.. | Ce monde à inventer ! | Scoop.it

Gordon Kelly 18/02/15 : "So what was the old Google ? In short : a trojan horse. It waltzed into any sector it liked proclaiming open standards and offering great services for free and these moves were subsidised by its earnings from ads... Chrome, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, YouTube and Google Search formed a holy core which burrowed into Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Windows Mobile converting users to the Google ecosystem. Google then pulls or reduces support when they are no longer seen as a threat -BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone and even Chrome’s battery killing and dismal scrolling performance on Windows...

 

Microsoft is a long way from being in a position to consider this ruthless second stage, but the first moves are well underway. The once ludicrous idea that Outlook and Windows Calendar could cause disruption on iOS or Android is now no laughing matter as Microsoft bought and effectively rebadged best-of-breed email and calendar apps Acompli and Sunrise...