Comments on: Google and MSFT need to try harder http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Weight Bee http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-335580 Weight Bee Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:18:37 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-335580 I’m not sure if they heard me or not. Its been my experience that the ad agencies would love to get a bigger piece of the web pie, but that they don’t really understand it. They prefer to make it look flashy, and hope the design drives traffic I’m not sure if they heard me or not. Its been my experience that the ad agencies would love to get a bigger piece of the web pie, but that they don’t really understand it. They prefer to make it look flashy, and hope the design drives traffic

]]> By: Elwyn Jenkins http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-303520 Elwyn Jenkins Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:43:01 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-303520 Any of these services charging an annual fee, even as small as $20 is a pain in the neck. I am cutting these small fees out as I was paying something like $1,500 is small fees per annum across all the services on offer. Now I chase the free services, thus Docs and Spreadsheets has some of my documents, Zoho has others, etc. . . I am spreading my risk and obtaining all the free portions of each service. Any of these services charging an annual fee, even as small as $20 is a pain in the neck. I am cutting these small fees out as I was paying something like $1,500 is small fees per annum across all the services on offer. Now I chase the free services, thus Docs and Spreadsheets has some of my documents, Zoho has others, etc. . . I am spreading my risk and obtaining all the free portions of each service.

]]> By: PierreS http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-302978 PierreS Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:52:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-302978 I agree. This is a disappointing decision. The sole Google site that I am really using is gmail. I have some interest in Calendar and Docs - but there are other options that I feel are comparable or better (Zoho and Airset). As for Picasa - I really do not see much value to it. I was actually pleasantly surprised with Microsoft's decision - it is not much but it is better than what they have done in the past. However, my preference is for either Xdrive or Box.net I agree. This is a disappointing decision. The sole Google site that I am really using is gmail. I have some interest in Calendar and Docs - but there are other options that I feel are comparable or better (Zoho and Airset). As for Picasa - I really do not see much value to it.

I was actually pleasantly surprised with Microsoft’s decision - it is not much but it is better than what they have done in the past. However, my preference is for either Xdrive or Box.net

]]> By: Mike Torres http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-302888 Mike Torres Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:41:32 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-302888 Storage isn't "virtually free" when you multiply it by hundreds of thousands of users - or millions of them. Email has a very different pattern of usage. Having said that, expect Microsoft to continue to push new things in this space over time. Storage isn’t “virtually free” when you multiply it by hundreds of thousands of users - or millions of them. Email has a very different pattern of usage.

Having said that, expect Microsoft to continue to push new things in this space over time.

]]> By: GearsofWar http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-302687 GearsofWar Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:27:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/09/google-and-msft-need-to-try-harder/#comment-302687 Microsoft's 500meg limit is obviously carefully set to keep anyone from uploading movies (divx run around 600M min.) or games. Another case of someone planning a service based mainly on PREVENTING 5% of the "bad" people from doing questionable stuff, rather than ENABLING the 95% of "good" people from actually, you know, getting something useful :p (cf. DRM, etc.) Microsoft’s 500meg limit is obviously carefully set to keep anyone from uploading movies (divx run around 600M min.) or games.

Another case of someone planning a service based mainly on PREVENTING 5% of the “bad” people from doing questionable stuff, rather than ENABLING the 95% of “good” people from actually, you know, getting something useful :p
(cf. DRM, etc.)

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