Microsoft blog ‘Why Microsoft’ taking aim at Google:
“The recent killing of Google Labs is ironic to me. Google releases experimental products and tracks adoption to determine whether to continue providing them. Its products are like spaghetti, Google throws them up against the wall to see if they stick.”
Microsoft is different, because it goes the extra mile with blanding up their products for the enterprise market. The really interesting ones are internally killed so you can focus on renewing that Exchange license, and upgrading Office.
Another choice quote from the article:
“…but I were an institution or business relying on Google Apps, it would be completely unreasonable to force version upgrades, and unacceptable to expect that users will always have the latest browser versions.”
The exact attitude from Microsoft employees that lead to another Microsoft site — The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown.
At least when a Google product fails, they have the courtesy to kill it quickly.
