Google VS. Microsoft: The Software Battle is Being Fought Online

There are voices that say that this is the height of the Internet, that it will not evolve anymore, that this is the end of its development, and saying that the man will not need more than this. There are also other voices that speak about a future that will be totally different from what we know now. A future of financial on-line transactions, and of an e-commerce that will take over 90% of the market, a future of e-learning, a future of working anywhere, anytime with out the worry of a personal computer near you. If it will be so, it remains to be seen, after all, the human nature is so unpredictable, but there are a lot of companies that prepare themselves for such a scenario.

According to the web site of Google, the company has the mission to "offer the best experience in searching the Internet, making the information public, accessible, and useful". We notice that in trying to achieve this goal Google attacks other domains than that of searching. The company offers software and the capacity to store data on-line using services like Gmail, Docs&Spreadsheets or Calendar, services that help us create, organize and store information. Not long ago, Google took over a small company specialized in creating presentations, so we can expect any time soon for the Google Apps service to add another software for creating presentations on-line, a software similar to the well know Power Point.

Let us make an imagination exercise to "see" what can Google become in a future not so far away. The company will be able to offer us basically any type of software: graphic development, multimedia processing, e-commerce software, and utility software. The question is then, what will be the use of the other software programs, which need to be used on a computer, and have compatibility problems. And what do they cost? The giant Microsoft, should begin to worry about the development of Google because it tends to take over in the near future a lot of its clients.

The software war will transform itself from a cost one, and a new features one, in one that the users, once brought to the virtual playground of a company can become great sources of income.