Google vs. Microsoft: Keeping things in perspective

In an article that’s wondering why despite fierce competition Microsoft Word still dominates the world of productivity suites, I picked up this little tid bit about Google’s revenue potential compared to Microsoft’s.

$19 billion. That’s about how much Microsoft made last year from its business software products. Office contributes the bulk of that total, while Exchange and Sharepoint do the rest of the heavy lifting.

For some perspective, Google’s total revenue for 2009 was $23.7 billion.

via Office 2010: A Tale of Decadence and Hand-to-Hand Combat – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.

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