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Re:Yahoo shutting down AltaVista and other services by gcb0 on Saturday June 29, 2013 @02:41AM (#5961650)
Killed it and allowed Microsoft to boss them around another couple of decades thanks to office monopoly. Google is now getting close to end this.
Re:Yahoo shutting down AltaVista and other services by mynameisvlad on Saturday June 29, 2013 @02:45AM (#5961658)
Google ending Microsoft Office's monopoly.

That's funny.

Re:Yahoo shutting down AltaVista and other services by hayksaakian on Saturday June 29, 2013 @03:27AM (#5961707)
Honestly not unthinkable in this day and age. Maybe office becomes the corporate niche thing, and everyone uses g docs or a tablet/phone app at home.
Re:Yahoo shutting down AltaVista and other services by dredmorbius on Saturday June 29, 2013 @03:52AM (#5961735)
I suspect an interpretation, if not grandparent's, is that one monopoly is being traded for another.
Re:Yahoo shutting down AltaVista and other services by norswap on Saturday June 29, 2013 @07:46AM (#5962109)
gdocs still has a long way to go. It's a harmless toy compared to Office, and I'm very far from being a power user.
Re:Yahoo shutting down AltaVista and other services by gcb0 on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:03AM (#5969170)
Well, my place of work uses google drive exclusively. That's 60.000 people less paying office licenses for Microsoft...