Google admits gunning for Microsoft

While many people have been saying this for ages, the search engine outfit has been a bit evasive about admitting it.

However speaking to shareholders yesterday CEO Eric Schmidt said that Google's new tagline will be “Search, Ads and Apps."

The company is hoping to peddle Microsoft standard office applications with the added advantage that you have all the data stored offline.

Schmidt said punters would prefer to have a trusted partner to keep all the information safe and have it for you on every device.”

However Google's efforts into Vole's territory have done little to raise any cash so far.

A shareholder asked Schmidt and Google co-founder Larry Page how they would avoid becoming known as 'the new Microsoft, and not in flattering terms'.

Page's answer was that Google was not the same kind of company because its engineers all run Linux. "It's free. You can hack on it. It's deep in our DNA”

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