Challenging Microsoft on the Desktop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday September 14, 2006 @07:00AM from the scaling-the-mountain dept.

Dotnaught writes "As Microsoft moves to offer software-as-a-service with Windows Live, online companies are moving to challenge Microsoft on the desktop. In a decision that would have been seen as foolish a few years ago, file sharing and social networking company TransMedia plans to release desktop productivity apps (in conjunction with online ones) as lightweight Microsoft Office alternatives. Google, meanwhile, through its deal with Intuit, is colonizing desktop apps as it has done with browsers and search toolbars. Microsoft used to have a home field advantage on the desktop, thanks to Windows. Lately, operating system ownership is looking a lot less valuable."

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Re:Is this new? by truthsearch · 2006-09-14 07:20 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It may not count as "News For Nerds." But it's still "Stuff That Matters."

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Re:First by GringoCroco · 2006-09-14 08:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I think slashcode should automagically post a first post ... nobody likes being #2