Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 3:23 p.m.

G Talk is one of the best voice chatting tool. It beats MSN/Windows Messenger and Yahoo hands down in term of voice quality and delay.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 3:48 p.m.

G-talk is much better than any other free phone services via the internet. As long as you have dsl or better connection you can talk to anyone in the world for free as long as you want. Microsoft doesn't have a service with the same quality.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 4:05 p.m.

What makes Gates believe they will succeed in search ? They failed the first time, then again in MSN 2.0 nicknamed Live and now they think they can get yahoo and try do it all over again. I thought Gates had very high IQ, wonder where it all went - may be he left it in Africa :-) THey should just quict search and do something else. But what ?

Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 4:06 p.m.

G-talk is good and quality is better than SKYPE (I think MSN and ICQ are not close to it), but lack of video and call per pay to conventional phones reduce it usage.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 7:40 p.m.

"THey should just quict search and do something else. But what ?"

I agree. When you fail at something, it's generally a good idea to just quict. You are clearly more qualified to make business decisions than Gates. Perhaps you should be the next chairman!

Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 7:43 p.m.

Voice chat is a weird thing, mainly because 1) everyone already has cell phones and 2) one of the best things about chat is that you can do it on your computer and appear as though you are working when there are others around. Can't do that with voice chat!

So unfortunately, I don't think it's going to change the world.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/3/08 9:50 p.m.

FYI. Google Talk is not just a voice chat program. It's also a instant messaging program which leaves past chat conversations fully searchable in google's G-mail interface. The same way you can search for emails by simply choosing a few key words, you can seamlessly search for phrases, numbers or references in past chat conversations. In many instances, I prefer GoogleTalk to AIM, yahoo, or msn. It's simple, easy to use, and non intrusive interface make it a great IM application! (and great voice quality... if you're into that sort of thing)

Posted by WAnonymous at 3/4/08 12:07 a.m.

Voice chat is great for international calls. It's under 3 cents a minute to Europe through Yahoo's service (which is a little cheaper, but otherwise similar to Skype).

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 6:55 a.m.

Guys, let's get real. Google is becoming (in my opinion) a very nice Internet Indexer - that's it. It does not have by any measurement the depth and breadth of MS products. The pay-per-click model they rely on, according the news (http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/26/google-adsales-comscore-markets-equity-cx_md_0226-markets16.html?partner=msn) is falling back. Stock prices are down from 750 to 450 in a time window of only 2 months. I think they have done an amazing work with their search engine, better than anyone else (although companies are now closing the gap fast), but they relied too much on it to succeed, and unfortunately now it is too late to revert the situation.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 8:25 a.m.

Googles advantage lies in their infrastructure. I am amazed at the quality services that pop up at a ridiculous rate. Think of the time MS has between product cycles and the rate at which they introduce new innovations -- it doesn't compare to Google. Google may not be competitive in the office arena yet, but watch out.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 8:43 a.m.

Google is a latent big-bang... it seems that they have reach the top of the wave and now they're falling back, but being one of the biggest companies, having a lot of quality infrastructure and having a huge amount of cash it's only a matter of time for them to explode. The main reason is that they use all their resources to promote innovative products that in the long run will pay, like GTalk or the future GPhone. They could just sit and count their cash, but they don't. Just wait it will come for sure.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 9:30 a.m.

Strangely enough, the GTalk project was headed by at least one ex-MSFTer...

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 10:54 a.m.

Just to correct my friend: Google stock price is not 450 anymore. It is 439....

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 1:48 p.m.

Everything that goes up must come down.

The next boom for humanity in technology is Nano-Tech. The Internet is dead. When the model left the expanding communications for Science, large corps who beguiled the stupid promptly "sold out" to keep profits up by Advertiser space. Your beloved Internet became the rotting corpse. Today, there are few (if any) big technological breakthroughs to be realized. "How fast", "how quick", "how shiny" is all that is left.

IF you want to be a BILLIONAIRE- invest in Nano-Tech now. Simple. Agree and be there, or disagree and talk about how you "could have", "should have, but didn't".

Lastly, MS probably will not be in the Nano-Tech world, unless they redesign the ENTIRE platform. LINUX will and possibly the BSD's - they are presently the only OS's that will scale that small and be functional.

This pandering about what a egocentric billionaire who is so far removed from his own baby is pathetic. G-Talk (rolls eyes)or MS's "hand-up-its-arse" product --in ten years no-one will use these products. You people should stop talking about and wasting energy on these products and start finding out what really is taking place in the world of technology.

For certain- its not anything close to what your spending time on..

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 3:00 p.m.

Here's the video of Bill comparing SharePoint and Google Apps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxrVni27Jy8

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 4:47 p.m.

Nano-Tech...
Interesting, can you be more specific? Nano-Tech is a broad term, just like Quatum Computing.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 5:42 p.m.

G-Talk and all the rest of them may be superior technology (they're not, but the point is it doesn't matter). The value lies in the network, not the technology. Because of this, Skype will win this game. Maybe MSFT or YHOO because they have large established networks already as well, but I don't think they will surpass Skype. It's the largest network, and the fastest growing customer base in the history of the Internet. How many GTalk users are there anyways?

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/08 9:22 p.m.

Google Groups is the next app.

It needs a jolt of better functions. Jotspot just doesn't do it: sugar free, caffeine free cola. Google Groups needs Jolt.

If Google ever finds a secure collaboration platform to embed their group apps, and enforce security (sorry Google, no peeking), then MSFT will have to compete.

As for MSFT Live? Too expensive for broad appeal. There are players out there who already have integrated MSFT Office apps into web browsers. Once you do that with collaboration, its over... Google wins...

Posted by unregistered user at 3/14/08 7:50 a.m.

Why don't any of you just do it.

And we'll see.

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