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Doing something.
Lots of folks like Nick Carr, Paul Kedrosky, and Mathew Ingram are taking Robert Scoble to task for a comment he made. Robert is upset that Google is getting loads of press and blog love for something that he feels Microsoft did months ago, but didn't get the equivalent credit for.
Some time ago Microsoft introduced the Live.com beta project. I recall they got a fair amount of press at the time, but there never seemed to be a clear direction. It just seemed to be a collection of "all this stuff we could do". It seemed like a solution in search of a problem. And months later, the situation really hasn't changed.
On the other hand, when Google announces something it seems that they've thought it out, and it does one thing well (generally) and one thing only. And it is already working, as in the case of the San Jose Community College email system. They have solved a problem.
Microsoft is getting an inordinate amount of press everyday for Vista, a new operating system, even though nobody can articulate a clear reason why I might need it, other than all the cool new features it will have. There isn't even a delivery date, but in Europe Microsoft is having a contest to see who can guess the release date.
Microsoft gets plenty of press for merely announcing something. I think it is perfectly reasonable for Google to get press for doing something.
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