Null Agenda » Windows Mobile http://nullagenda.com a little bit of everything. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:39:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Microsoft Kumo and their other products http://nullagenda.com/microsoft-kumo-and-their-other-products-57 http://nullagenda.com/microsoft-kumo-and-their-other-products-57#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 18:52:26 +0000 admin http://nullagenda.com/?p=57 So Microsoft is probably going to reveal its new Kumo search at D: All Things Digital event next week. According to leaked screenshots from a couple months ago it seems to focus on a left hand navigation menu that breaks down searches into a number of related queries. (more info at CNET)

This seems like it may be interesting to see if Microsoft can cut into Google’s search market share.  At the same time, I am thinking that Microsoft should probably concentrate more on  brand new and unique products. It probably won’t take much of an effort for Google or even Yahoo to mimic and improve upon what Kumo will offer. With the market share of Internet Explorer slipping (while Firefox and Safari grow), the market share of Windows Mobile slipping (while BlackBerry and iPhone sales grow), the many available popular open source office suites (not to mention Apple’s iWork suite) , and the popularity of the Mac platform among college students, Microsoft seems to be under attack on all fronts.

If Microsoft were to tackle an industry in its infancy (or one not yet dominated), I feel they could solidify their name in at least one more sector while making sure their current market share with their existing products holds steady or grows. Although there are a number of people who would love to see Microsoft fall off the face of the earth, a better result would be a reinvented and more agile Microsoft that we would all love to hate.

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