Forbes: Microsoft v. Google

I found this very interesting. Call me crazy but I think Microsoft is already crumbling under it's own weight. This is going to be a very long, slow, tortured death. Unlike Jobs, I don't think Gates has what it takes to reinvent that company--it needs a hell of a lot more than a strategic realignment. The distinction between science and technology comes to mind (technology as applied science). Microsoft is packed full of scientists with exceptional IQs.... and, yet, Apple is running circles around them with a fraction of the resources and a bunch of people that have passion for technology. Same with Google.

This quote from a Google exec says it all...

"One of the criticisms that the media makes is to compare Google to previous-generation companies [like Microsoft]. Google is trying to solve the next problem, not the last problem."