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Old 03-14-2006, 12:07 PM   #1
Bob Russell
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Amazon may be first with unlimited online storage... yes Amazon!

There have been rumors about various huge online storage services to be offered by Google. In fact, all the online service talk seems to be centered around Google, with surrounding chatter about Microsofts renewed search momentum, and Yahoo's desire to open up its APIs. But everyone has thought Google is the one that can "get 'er done." Recently, there's even talk about how they will open up a marketplace that will render eBay a relic.

According to a Business week blog post, the company is set to make an announcement this morning that will shake things up and could make Amazon one of the contenders for dominance of the online business platform world.

And that's what all these search engine and online applications and portal wars are all about aren't they? Control of the platform where business of the 21st century is conducted. No wonder Microsoft is so worried. Their toe in the search and portal and online application is just the beginning of the related Microsoft initiatives. They have been working for years to take over identity verification systems, and spam control (via identities), and even working really hard to build a development platform for web-based apps. Are those things random efforts, just to follow the current needs. I'd say absolutely not. They want to corner the business platform for the next couple of decades as much or more than Amazon, Google, Yahoo and others.

So out of the blue, we now find that it may be Amazon, not Google, that opens up the doors to an unlimited storage service first. They are likely to be providing services to businesses or consumers that includes both online storage and eventually they are probably aiming to become a one-stop service for all your needs for doing online business. They want to become the business platform on the web.

Can they do it? I don't know, but they are definitely a large-scale web-based successful technology business. And there's a lot at stake. You never know.

Update:It's already announced! See next post in this thread.
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