1. Microsoft has deep, deep pockets (i.e. hordes of cash, then add Yahoo's total to that).
2. Dedicated and very concentrated effort focused upon what Google does right (essentially what Internet users like)with the idea of duplicating then improving those features. Same thing with features Google has which are not especially attractive (i.e. type in a search term and get a zillion results when most of us will never check more than 10-15). Despite what most of us think, everybody's Internet search software can use some improvement. Type in a search term like "computer virus protection software" and you will get what you want, but you also get individual searches on EACH individual word in that phrase with many results which make absolutely no sense in terms of relevance. My sole point is that a bunch of bandwidth is being consumed which limits everybody. Do I have an answer, no.
3. Google needs competition.
I hope that they do not object since I feel that Google needs much stronger competition. If their search engine domination continues, they will soon control the internet. Things thrive with competition.
Frankly speaking, you have to trust both Microsoft and Sony plus Linksys, Cisco, Dell, HP, D-Link, etc. You cannot compare Microsoft and Sony adequately because they operate as polar opposites in the computer industry; one focuses on hardware, the other on software. Will an A+ rating increase Sony's marketshare and a C rating decrease Microsoft's marketshare? No, this just another poll or rating system among the jillions of others each year and it will not interest very few.
You are correct! Sony makes some great products and some poor products [as does almost any electronics manufacturer plus manufacturers of anything else]. I have a high end Sony audio receiver, two Sony speakers, a Sony CD player, plus one Sony Computer. Excluding the computer, all are 4-8 years old and function flawlessly. The Computer is about a year old, has great hardware, and was furnished with a great assortment of software [Paid $700 after rebates]. What I do not like is the recovery and branding software.
This is just a poll, after all. The meaning of the stated results? Probably virtually nothing to the companies involved or most individuals.
I basically agree with you. My basic is XP Prof using Norton's Internet Security software Firewall and Anti-Virus. This has been my configuration for three years. I update these every day. In all that time, no virus problems. I do use some Linux applications, one being Thunderbird. In my opinion, the vast bulk of the computer using public tends not to want to be bothered with usage or security details. Most usage is simply E-Mail and lookin around the WWW with Internet Explorer. Ease of use is paramount. Problems, both real and perceived, are turned over to the family or neighbor "Computer Guru". Computer shops earn a lot of money solving simple problems. Windows is dug in deeply and everything else is still a very minor fringe. That may change over a long period; who knows.
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1. Microsoft has deep, deep pockets (i.e. hordes of cash, then add Yahoo's total to that). 2. Dedicated and very concentrated effort focused upon what Google does right (essentially what Internet users like)with the idea of duplicating then improving those features. Same thing with features Google has which are not especially attractive (i.e. type in a search term and get a zillion results when most of us will never check more than 10-15). Despite what most of us think, everybody's Internet search software can use some improvement. Type in a search term like "computer virus protection software" and you will get what you want, but you also get individual searches on EACH individual word in that phrase with many results which make absolutely no sense in terms of relevance. My sole point is that a bunch of bandwidth is being consumed which limits everybody. Do I have an answer, no. 3. Google needs competition.
I hope that they do not object since I feel that Google needs much stronger competition. If their search engine domination continues, they will soon control the internet. Things thrive with competition.
Frankly speaking, you have to trust both Microsoft and Sony plus Linksys, Cisco, Dell, HP, D-Link, etc. You cannot compare Microsoft and Sony adequately because they operate as polar opposites in the computer industry; one focuses on hardware, the other on software. Will an A+ rating increase Sony's marketshare and a C rating decrease Microsoft's marketshare? No, this just another poll or rating system among the jillions of others each year and it will not interest very few.
You are correct! Sony makes some great products and some poor products [as does almost any electronics manufacturer plus manufacturers of anything else]. I have a high end Sony audio receiver, two Sony speakers, a Sony CD player, plus one Sony Computer. Excluding the computer, all are 4-8 years old and function flawlessly. The Computer is about a year old, has great hardware, and was furnished with a great assortment of software [Paid $700 after rebates]. What I do not like is the recovery and branding software. This is just a poll, after all. The meaning of the stated results? Probably virtually nothing to the companies involved or most individuals.
I basically agree with you. My basic is XP Prof using Norton's Internet Security software Firewall and Anti-Virus. This has been my configuration for three years. I update these every day. In all that time, no virus problems. I do use some Linux applications, one being Thunderbird. In my opinion, the vast bulk of the computer using public tends not to want to be bothered with usage or security details. Most usage is simply E-Mail and lookin around the WWW with Internet Explorer. Ease of use is paramount. Problems, both real and perceived, are turned over to the family or neighbor "Computer Guru". Computer shops earn a lot of money solving simple problems. Windows is dug in deeply and everything else is still a very minor fringe. That may change over a long period; who knows.