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Google's Love For Small Businesses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-is-small-on-the-internet dept.

bariswheel writes "The Fearless Frog is at it again: In his latest post, Cringely aims to slap some sense into Microsoft, Apple, and IBM altogether. From the article: 'What counts is that for Microsoft the platform is the PC while for Google the platform is the Internet and nobody can hope to control the Internet -- not Microsoft OR Google. Google is making a ton of money from people [small/medium sized businesses] who never were even in business before. This is not only a fundamental change in how advertising is done; it is a fundamental change in how BUSINESS is done.'"

2 of 318 comments (clear)

  1. Re:old ways... by ceoyoyo · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have indeed surpassed me. I request to study under your tutelage. I aspire to the ultimate zen, profit with no product nor service nor any other material trapping.

  2. Google loves small businesses by asuffield · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for they are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

    [Yeah, it's an old one, but do I get bonus points for spelling 'ketchup' correctly?]