Nickname: DDY

Review: Anyway I like the Web searching fuction. Without it I can hardly find useful information on the Internet.

Date reviewed: Jul 24, 2006 4:01 AM

Nickname: Pofigster

Review: Well, it's true that the cost of software in the long run is very small, and set up is the same for Open Source vs Microsoft or whatever is about the same, it is a fact that Linux is far more stable than Windows and costs less to maintain than its competitors. This is true for many open source programs and developments in addition to allowing the end user to modify to match their specific needs. That does add up to big cost savings. And as far as Google's one horse being search, who cares? What else does Yahoo! have? Nothing else, really. Microsoft is a different story, but their search is a joke.

Date reviewed: Jul 23, 2006 7:52 PM

Nickname: marsface

Review: I would hate to be a Google shareholder when online advertising takes a dive, as it did just a few years ago. Even a temporary recession due to external factors (be it war, consumer confidence, earnings in general, etc) will quickly strike a pretty harsh blow to this (still) 1-trick pony (that being search) known as Google.

Date reviewed: Jul 23, 2006 6:41 PM

Nickname: Harfin Jr.

Review: Both Yahoo and MSN have operated massive server farms for years and are building huge new ones in the low-electricity cost Pacific Northwest now, as well. Nor is the use of open source software a material difference in performance, either, as pointed out by another commentator. Among the hundreds of products Google has placed into offering, only its core search effort is generating genuine profitability. This is a fact, not a rumor, and it speaks volumes about the nature of Google's massive PR triumph outshining everything else, except core search. Audited financials do not lie (usually), but hype has always been hype. And it appears that only now, after a couple of years of cheerleading, are trade journalists beginning to examine the broader picture.

Date reviewed: Jul 21, 2006 8:51 PM

Nickname: Software non-MBA

Review: From a techie point of view, I would not say that open source is driving huge cost savings! The fact that you get your IDE and OS for free does not equate cheaper development. In any development project the cost of obtaining licences for your databases, OS-es etc. is, as always, a fraction of the final cost of the project!

Date reviewed: Jul 21, 2006 4:20 PM

Nickname: Randhir Reddy

Review: Google is truly a word for simplicity. It's simple to use applications are gaining traction with each upgrade. It is redefining a whole lot of consumer applications, and it amazes me, when the analysts comment about its search as the only bright star in its offerings.

Date reviewed: Jul 21, 2006 3:19 PM

Nickname: John Blossom

Review: Looks like we're on the same page with this issue: http://www.shore.com/commentary/weblogs/2006/07/yah-ooch-yahoo-net-off-80-percent.html Best Regards, John Blossom President Shore Communications Inc.

Date reviewed: Jul 21, 2006 2:52 PM

Nickname: Gman

Review: Google search is the best. It has the best free Web mail, calendar and chat. I am anxiously waiting for it to offer something like Outlook so that we can incorporate free Google word, spreadsheet and Gmail. It would be amazing. I hope something will come out with Google Office.

Date reviewed: Jul 21, 2006 4:07 AM

Nickname: The Software MBA

Review: There are two hidden assets in Google that analysts are ignoring. The first is the massive server farms that Google is developing. I believe these worldwide server farms may be used for Internet application software rather than to power search as some have assumed. The other no-brainer asset is the innovative use of Open Source technology, which is driving massive cost savings to the bottom line. This includes Linux, of course, but also programming languages like Python, where comparative analysis shows 5x to 10x development speed increases over Java and C++, two mainstream corporate programming languages.

Date reviewed: Jul 21, 2006 3:50 AM