Microsoft will need time to match the depth of Google’s marketplace even if they have the best technology, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Google’s shares have doubled in 2005 and Microsoft’s have risen 11 percent. Google’s share price is at $339.80 and Microsoft’s is at $27.48.


Microsoft will need time to match the depth of Google’s marketplace even if they have the best technology, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Google’s shares have doubled in 2005 and Microsoft’s have risen 11 percent.

Google’s share price is at: 339.80 +0.01 (0.00%) 17 Mar at 7:39PM ET
Microsoft’s is at: 27.48 -0.02 (-0.07%) 17 Mar at 6:27PM ET

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, “We’re going to not only have to have great technology, we’re going to have to match the depth of their marketplace and that will take a while even with the best of technology”. [source]

Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a Kirkland, Washington-based market research firm, said: “Microsoft is already late, and they need to make sure Google doesn’t run away with the market. If you look at the last three years, total MSN revenue has been flat and the competitors have been growing pretty quickly”. [source]

 

 

 

 

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