[oscargrouch]

Whatever i see things like this, it reminds me the way the greeks used to see the gods.. as jokers messing around with humans, much like politicians do to us nowadays.. (cause this must be a joke from the gods)

in the eighties the allmighty IBM get crushed by the rookie microsoft because it didnt see the new software wave comming.. and from this new market its arch-enemy was born

now microsoft is falling into pieces, because microsoft in the nineties, didnt see the internet revolution comming (or was afraid to ask), and its killer born from it.

google its not only taking what once was a market dominated by microsoft, but are dominating also in the internet arena.. and if you guys see well .. they have created a "internet as a platform", buying and acquiring all over the ones who create little niches in this BIG massive platform..

my question is.. it will have internet life outside of the google internet platform? and worst yet..

it will have life outside of the corporate internet the took all over? (the people who knew the internet in the beggining of times know what im talking about)

before us all were considered products and advert targets?

[ZoF]

You question is whether the internet will consist of anything other than Google? Yes, it will.

The internet remains the internet; Google is not creating "the internet as a platform".

Fractured English is usually quite tolerable as long as it's somewhat coherent, but when it comes in the form of a nonsensical rant I find it exponentially less so.

[oscargrouch]

Im not telling, that they ARE already "the platform" im saying that they are trying, that they are slowly becoming.. and if you try to measure in what proportion google services, servers, softwares and platforms make part of the internet, and all the things, software and services you have installed in your machines that are, or consume things from google, will you still think this is a triviality?

Also, there are the inner mechanics of capitalism, with its acquisitions and fusions.. and quickoffice its a example of that..

on the other side, the small companies wont stand against delicious buying offers of billions of dollars..

Capitalism its all about monopoly, isnt? so.. 2 + 2 = ..

Eric schimidt maybe is a small guy, but what a appetite.. :)

[ZoF]

My interpretation of your point:

>"I'm not saying that they are ALREADY "the" platform, I'm saying that they are trying to be, and are slowly becoming just that.

>If you try and measure what portion of the internet is made up of Google's services/products/infrastructure and what portion of your own personal device usage depends on those services, would you still think this isn't something to worry about?

> Also, something about capitalism, words that have little to do with it... and quickoffice is an example of that.

> On the other hand small companies will accept large buyouts.

> Capitalism is all about monopolies isn't it? So 2+2 = 'obvious point you should be getting'

> Schmidt Quip

I understand your point, and to some degree I agree that it's worth thinking about, but certainly not worth lamenting over. Expanding infrastructure and buying up companies in areas of interest are obvious choices for a successful company.

Capitalism is about competition, not monopolies, and as long as Google has competition in the form of Amazon/Microsoft/etc. there's no point wasting time worrying about a potential future monopoly on "the internet".

[eksith]

"coming". Also sentences should begin with a capital letter.

Sorry, my OCD wouldn't allow me to absorb your otherwise well thought out post.

[oscargrouch]

Sorry about my english! i dont find bad being corrected since thats the only way i can learn with my mistakes? so no problem! thanks

[eksith]

No worries :)

I agree with you that Google is moving into an area Microsoft used to be in with IBM, but I feel like Google, while it does nice things like this, is similarly going to the same location. There's nothing stopping from other companies from coming up with something similar; the problem for now is adoption.

I'd like to find a document editor outside of the major competitors like Microsoft and Google, but to be honest, the others are frankly terrible by comparison. When that changes, at least in the document area, Google is going to rethink what they're doing or buy them out (which is also possible).

The one thing that ties all of these services together for now is Gmail. Because it serves as a single login, it makes transition to other Google owned products easier. Besides being good at the services they provide, this is the real grease in the wheels that makes the whole machine run.

We're already seeing other services crop up to fill the niche YouTube is filling. Vimeo, for example, is actually quite good. While it doesn't have a lot of the silly videos and stupid clips YouTube is famous for, it's got a lot of creative people making beautiful content. But tying Vimeo to a document editing platform?

We're not quite there yet.

[gizmo686]

>We're already seeing other services crop up to fill the niche YouTube is filling.

The biggest feature of YouTube, in my opinion, is not the video hosting. Rather it is the content discovery mechanism which, even as a programmer, I can best describe as black magic.