Somebody Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 One's ten years old, the other more than 30. Which one of the two, do you think, has contributed more to technology? We thought this a good time to ask a loaded question: which company do you think has done more for technology -- Google, ten years old and going strong, or Microsoft, 33 years old and seemingly faltering? Microsoft's staff, 1981. Can you spot Gates? Before you scream GOOGLE! let's not forget Microsoft's contributions: MS-DOS, Microsoft Office, Windows, Hotmail, Visual Studio, Microsoft Developer Network, .NET framework, Windows Mobile, plenty of great games (Age of Empires, Halo, Microsoft Flight Simulator), MSN/Live Messenger, and underlying Vista technologies come quickly to mind. Not to forget the Xbox consoles... Page and Brin, 2003 Meanwhile Google has given us THE search engine, a new way to email (Gmail), a fast browser which shows lots of promise (Chrome), a competent online office replacement in Google Docs, and lots of web applications, too numerous to list here. But has Google really solved the Search problem? In these ten years past, what progress has been made by the search company in its core area? Can you search for your name and automatically be shown photographs with you in the picture (without using metadata)? How about a search for videos with yourself and friends (again, without metadata)? Where's our Natural Language search, or a semantic search solution? Windows 98... ...and Google's homepage in 1998 Source Take the poll and let us know your thoughts below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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