Way back in the 90's Microsoft rose to power
with the brilliance of their Windows Operating
system. It made using a computer easy to use
and visually appealing.
In the late 90's two guys from Standford
launched a tiny search engine called BackRub,
which eventually became Google.
Today, in 2005, Both Google and Microsoft
dominate their perspective business space.
Google owns search, and Microsoft owns the
Operating system market.
How is this going to change?
Consider how far the Internet has progressed
in the past 10 years. Back then, the Internet
was used for email, and for the Military and
Universities alike to store information that
could be accessed easily by anyone with a
connection to the web.
Fast forward to today, and you have online
banking, e-commerce, podcasting, movie
trailers, mp3 files and just about any other
type of digital media available on the
Internet.
There is no longer a need to be "stuck" with
Windows or MAC. All you need is a browser -
and the browser will be the official
"Operating System" of the internet.
From my browser not only can I access the
universe of information, but I don't need to
worry about if it's on a PC or MAC. A HTML
page doesn't care if you have a Dell computer,
a G5, or web tv. All it cares about is
rendering out images and text in a logical
format.
This is truly where the revolution has only
begun with Mozilla's FireFox, and Microsoft's
Internet Explore hopes to catch up with. An
while all of this is going on Google isn't
just waiting around. They quietly bought the
domain name called "gbrowser.com" - which
would seem to indicate that they are working
on their own version of a browser (with the
help of Mozilla) to compete.
Stay tuned to this upcoming battle, as whoever
emerges victorious will be in the best
position to truly monopolize the Internet.
-To your online success!
Paul Bliss
www.seoforgoogle.com