However, to tell you the truth… it’s getting ugly folks.
In case you are just joining us today, here is the backstory… Microsoft and Google continue to fire “warning” salvos.
Sun buys MySQL, shoring up network computering. Oracle grins. Microsoft panics that things are shifting towards network computing faster than expected.
Microsoft reacts by bidding for Yahoo! at premium to speed up the deal during an election year. Google issues a hurriedly-written release objecting the merger.
And then, (just like in Final Fantasy when Active Time Battle in Final Fantasy), Google tells students, “you know what, dudes? You really don’t need to buy Microsoft Office this year since we are going into an economic slowdown. Get Google Apps Team Edition instead.” Teeheee.
Google is trying to push Microsoft’s share price (total market capitalization) down by decreasing the number of students buying Education Editions and Multi-Seat Versions of Microsoft Office purchased this quarter.
Here is an excerpt from the press release:
Google Apps Team Edition lets colleagues and departments at work, or
study groups at school, immediately begin sharing information within a
domain. In addition, the Team Edition can easily be upgraded to Google
Apps Standard, Premier or Education Edition for full administrative
control, such as the ability to set default sharing options, decide
which applications are available on the network, or determine who has
access.
I am happy to introduce my boring, drab and underwhelming Chinese Character Block API. Yes, there is more coming, but I thought I would just kick this off. Ｉcalled it HanziBlox.
Start Using It Right Now
Just type the following URI into your URL Bar in your browser and get going!
I am testing a new way of presenting new products and services. I try to keep the presentations less than a minute or two mainly because I really have nothing important to say… hence the lack of audio.
