Comments on: Mr Banker – Where is the Chrome in your strategy? http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/ Tracking the evolution of financial institutions Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: duarte http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25992 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:03:07 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25992 Coincidently, I came across this article after reading your post:

Could There Be More To Google, Android, Chrome, & Gears Than Meets The Eye?

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/09/could_there_be.html

]]> By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25898 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:57:40 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25898 @GordonD … re ” a web browser is just that”
I would suggest that is the naive statement. I get the BSD point, but the application web requires something more powerful that either IE or FF. Time will tell.

]]> By: GordonD http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25892 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:29:51 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25892 Interesting but naive blog. – a web browser is just that. I predict that it will compete with Mozilla and not Microsoft and is more about big swinging d!cks than open source.

All of the the ‘shared’ stuff you mention is constrained by privacy and confidentiality regulations and most importantly consumer resistance. They payoff might be to FIs but not obvious why the little folks might care

]]> By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25888 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:07:58 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25888 @Adriaan .. thanks for stopping by the words of contrariness; always a good thing.

I never indicated that Google are philantropic. Quite the opposite – by taking the action they have with Chrome, they are altering the basis of competition between them and Microsoft, with at least a two pronged outcome:
- they ensure a solid platform for running web apps. This plays to Googles strength and attacks Microsofts primary revenue source, MS Office
- they ensure a level playing field for web apps. It makes it hard(er) for MS to develop proprietaryness in their browser that advantages MS Live.

I think Open Source is generally misunderstood. It is far from charitable. It is a legitimate method of software development, that still costs money, just in different ways, as essentially companies donate employees time for software development. Nontheless companies are ok with that, because the software quality achieved is better due to the active voluntary engagement of users.

]]> By: Adriaan Brink http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25886 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:51:16 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25886 Dont we all love Google! Perhaps a contrary view would be of interest….

1. Chrome is open source – yes. Why? Could it perhaps be in an effort to avoid the antitrust/competition issues that have plagued MS for exactly the same thing – monopolising a market segment.

2. Google isn’t being philanthropic. They are simply looking after themselves – creating a nice controllable environment so they can enhance their office killers and take that chunk of market share from their biggest competitor. Should MS be concerned? I think so!

3. When will the world wake up and see Google for what it is – not the solution to the MS domination of our computing lives but simply an alternate domination. Except… they want your data too. Do you really feel comfortable leaving your google docs on a server somewhere under google’s control?

I like a lot of Google software but let’s not lose sight of what they really are. Philanthropists and infrastructure donators I think not!

]]> By: Colin http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25878 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:03:27 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25878 Thanks Benry, but I can only attribute the credit to Umair’s post. He is truly inspirational! btw any other feedback or suggestions on Chrome strategies welcome!

]]> By: benry http://thebankwatch.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25877 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:51:36 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mr-banker-where-is-the-chrome-in-your-strategy/#comment-25877 Wicked post Colin. Some great thoughts there sure to prompt some interesting discussion. I’ll have to share this at my next meeting.

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