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Google, Competition and Openness
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Today’s Headlines…
“One company [is] now theworld's chief gateway to information”(
Boston Globe
, 6/22/08)“So when do we get over with it anddeclare Google a monopoly?”(
CNET News.com
, 7/22/08)“Google, Apple, Intel: The NextCompetition Targets?”(TechDaily, 1/11/08)
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Just a few years ago…
“The most successful company ever spawned by the World Wide Web.Yahoo! has won the search-engine wars and is poised for much biggerthings." (
Fortune
, 3/2/98)"AltaVista was the Google of its era. […] By 1997, AltaVista was truly king ofsearch." (
The Search
, 2005)"For a short period in 1999, Lycos became the most popular onlinedestination in the world." (
The Search
, 2005)
…Have a Familiar Ring
The Lesson:
Search has always been a highly competitive space –and companies can’t get too comfortable
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