Well folks, it's official, we no longer need to worry about Democrat Conspiracy's, rising oil prices, the Bush family wars, Iran, or even Nuclear Holocausts, no the number one threat on the radar screen right now is Google. With their Massive and growing Armies, they intend on full domination of the internet and, by proxy, the world. How will they do it you ask? One mailbox at a time.It's no secret that Google has been snapping up other company's like it's going out of style, first there was just a couple of acquisitions in 2001, then they picked up the pace a bit in 2003, started making larger investments in 2004 and started spending Billions in '05 & '06. So far though, in '07, they've managed to purchased even more company's than they did in 2006, and it's not even over. They're making Microsoft look like the poor kids that used to come to school with the wrong sneakers on. You know who I'm talking about, you even used to make fun of them, what was that song, "If your Skippy's flip and flop, take 'em back to Stop & Shop". Boy were you mean!
The following is a sheet of the acquisitions made by Google over the past few years.
Well, it's not all bad, practically everything Google makes runs on both Windows and Linux, from Picassa to Google gears, so if you were to utilize their services, such as Gmail, Google Apps, Blogger, Utube, Reader or any of the other myriad of applications they have available, then you and your team don't have to have a Windows machine, it could be a Linux box, and THAT of course will save you money. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves, in the NeX blog, we will start with Gmail, and how you and your company can benefit from this useful tool. What??? Did you expect otherwise, you know the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em, Join 'em!" Until NeX time....
