Stephen E. Arnold on Microsoft and Google in Portfolio
May 22, 2008
Stephen E. Arnold’s observations and opinions about the Microsoft/Google war are starting to get some attention. Steve Rosenbush quoted him in his “The Fast and the Curious” article in Condé Nast’s Portfolio, a new business magazine featuring investigative reporting and breaking news. (Alternatively headlined “Microsoft’s ‘Googlephobia’ Breeds Panic Buying” at Wired.com)
The article sums up Microsoft’s “world-class” knee-jerk reactions to Google’s growth that have spurred pricey acquisitions, and statements made by Arnold connect the Microsoft purchases of aQuantive and Fast Search & Transfer to his main point: “Microsoft has a great track record of flopping in online. Google just keeps rubbing it in and edging ever closer to Microsoft’s crown jewel — enterprise revenue.”
Jess Bratcher, May 22, 2008
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