Steve Ballmer: Google is not worrying

Speaking at the Windows Live service launch ceremony on November 7 in Tokyo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared the threat named Google is not worrisome, and that the rival is currently only leading in every search market. online.

" Google cannot surpass us. They are currently the only leader in online search ," Ballmer's remarks to reporters at the Tokyo hotel.

On November 7, Microsoft began offering Windows Live programming packages for e-mail, IM, blogs and photo sharing in Japan. This product was introduced earlier in the US.

Google on November 5 also provided similar online services for personal computers, and said it would offer a free mobile software package called Android. This product is expected to be available in the market in the second half of next year.

Google is also providing technology to handset manufacturers so consumers can use its services such as search engines, e-mail, maps on mobile devices as well as on personal computer.

Ballmer said it is difficult to comment on Google's mobile plans because they are "still on paper", and that most of them have not yet begun.

Ballmer also expressed hope for Microsoft 's business in Japan, and said customers here have always led the world in the level of Internet access on phones since mobile services "i -mode "implemented by NTT DoCoMo in February 1999.

However, the CEO also predicted that Microsoft could continue to suffer capital losses in the global online business market, although online advertising revenue is increasing. Ballmer also acknowledged that Microsoft is in the investment phase in the online business.

There are currently more than a dozen Japanese companies signing partners with Windows Live, among them are leading telecom companies such as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; Mobile and Internet service providers such as Softbank; and NEC electronics manufacturer.

Van Han