FT (13 Jul ’09):
“Google represents a serious threat [to MOFT],” said Tom Austin, an analyst at Gartner, who compared the rivalry between the two companies to the browser wars that shaped the early internet. With the free version of its software, “Microsoft is responding as vigorously as it did against Netscape”, he added.
Four great moments in that ‘vigorous response’:
See also: “Judge to Ballmer: ‘GIVE IT UP FOR ME’.”
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