Comments on: Google vs. Microsoft http://www.vector1media.com/spatialsustain/google-vs-microsoft.html Promoting Spatial Design for a Sustainable Tomorrow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Ball http://www.vector1media.com/spatialsustain/google-vs-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-1386 Matt Ball Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:06:26 +0000 http://vector1media.com/spatialsustain/?p=543#comment-1386 Jeremy, the US$60 Billion figure came from Bill Gail at Microsoft. I dug into this and found that The Kelsey Group does annual analysis about the size of the local search market for Global Yellow Pages and local search (http://www.kelseygroup.com/visitorsearch/view-TKR-Summary.asp?DocID=1854&SFlag=No). They break the market down into sub-categories and the total size of all categories for 2007 topped $66.3 Billion. Local online search is a small component so far, but it's only a matter of time before it supplants the printed directories. Jeremy, the US$60 Billion figure came from Bill Gail at Microsoft. I dug into this and found that The Kelsey Group does annual analysis about the size of the local search market for Global Yellow Pages and local search (http://www.kelseygroup.com/visitorsearch/view-TKR-Summary.asp?DocID=1854&SFlag=No).

They break the market down into sub-categories and the total size of all categories for 2007 topped $66.3 Billion. Local online search is a small component so far, but it’s only a matter of time before it supplants the printed directories.

]]> By: Paul Ramsey http://www.vector1media.com/spatialsustain/google-vs-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-1375 Paul Ramsey Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:25:50 +0000 http://vector1media.com/spatialsustain/?p=543#comment-1375 This idea that there is something WRONG with being a "consumer toy" needs to be stamped out. It is perfectly valid for users to come to their enterprises and wonder why the apps that IT delivers are LESS flexible and informative than the consumer toys they can access at home. "Enterprise" is nothing more than brand consciousness applied in an extremely wasteful way in business and government. You don't let your daughter buy $250 jeans when $25 ones fit just as well; you shouldn't let your enterprise buy $250K software when $25K software works just as well. Business people should be building things that work, not trying to be the Boyz with the Biggest Toys. (Is that a SAN in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?) This idea that there is something WRONG with being a “consumer toy” needs to be stamped out. It is perfectly valid for users to come to their enterprises and wonder why the apps that IT delivers are LESS flexible and informative than the consumer toys they can access at home. “Enterprise” is nothing more than brand consciousness applied in an extremely wasteful way in business and government. You don’t let your daughter buy $250 jeans when $25 ones fit just as well; you shouldn’t let your enterprise buy $250K software when $25K software works just as well. Business people should be building things that work, not trying to be the Boyz with the Biggest Toys. (Is that a SAN in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.vector1media.com/spatialsustain/google-vs-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-1373 Jeremy Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:27:05 +0000 http://vector1media.com/spatialsustain/?p=543#comment-1373 Matt, Interesting. I'd be interested in a link here. Also, do you know the source of the $60bn local search market size? Matt, Interesting. I’d be interested in a link here. Also, do you know the source of the $60bn local search market size?

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