My name is Jim Murphy. I'm an experienced, software startup guy living in Elora, Ontario near the illustrious Waterloo Region. I studied at the University of Waterloo Engineering School, have spent my career at early stage software companies in Boston and Texas before recently returning to Waterloo. I have been lucky to try my hand at many different roles: software developer, architect, evangelist, sales, business development, author, speaker, product manager, market strategist. Feel free to check my resume for more details.
As I said earlier, 2 Chimps vs. 1 Gorilla? I’ll take the Gorilla every time.
1. Google doesn’t mind this deal going through at all. Google knows they will be able to outrun a “Microhoo.” Why do they know that? Because they’ve been able to outrun them both separately. As I said on Channel 5 news on Friday night: put two turkeys together and you don’t get an eagle.
Read more about the challenge of monetizing Email and IM - or the inability to in the rest of the post.
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