Google Downplay Microsoft Battle – aparently

BetaNews is reporting some statements from Microsoft about their ‘battle with Microsoft.

Others downplayed Google’s battle with Microsoft. While saying the Redmond giant has a history of “not playing fair,” Google co-founder Sergey Brin said his company was just too busy with its own products and services to watch what Microsoft was doing. Fellow co-founder Larry Page added that they wanted to focus on innovation instead.

I’ve never seen the primary battle as one between Microsoft and Google. The primary battle is the one to stay ahead of the rest of the pack. While these two companies have dominant positions the IT arena has still got so much change to go through that any dominance that they have today will only continue if they carry on running ahead of the pack. There is still a lot of disruptive technology out there and and load still to be discovered.

There is still plenty of time for them to both become fossils.