Some people don't even consider Microsoft as one of the big 4 :
In an interview with Forbes magazine, Eric Schmidt, Google Executive Chairman, said that there is, indeed, the ‘Big Four’ in the world of Technology too. According to Forbes’ Erik Allen, “He saidfour big companies dominate the Internet: Google,Apple, Facebook, andAmazon. Google has all the world’s information; Apple is the king of elegant design; Facebook is where your social life is; Amazon is where you buy everything. Between them the four are worth about a half a trillion dollars.”
Will be interesting to see how Google deals with all the anti-trust issues that Microsoft had to go through years ago. I would think Microsoft is still in this conversation but their operating on an out dated platform compared to the other 4 and still rely on dinosaur way of upgrading things etc. although moving to keep up with Office now on cloud etc.
Not convinced RIM can continue to fight to be a legitimate player in the tech world on their own. Some of the issues were left too long and the market doesn't really trust them anymore.
|