Maybe this will become an annual event. Maybe it won’t. Whatever. The point is, many software companies have too many products. This year’s contenders are Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Which will win?
First up is Microsoft, the oldest of the for mega-corporations. (Well, they’re only older than Apple by one year, three days.) Microsoft has therefore had the most time to develop humongous quantities of products. Let’s take a look at the list.
- 3D Movie Maker
- Access
- Age of Empires series
- Agent
- Assistant
- BASICA
- BizTalk Server
- Cinemania
- CodeView
- Communicator
- Digital Image
- Dynamics
- Encarta
- Entourage
- Excel
- Exchange Server
- Expression
- Expression Graphic Designer
- Expression Interactive Designer
- Expression Web
- Flight Simulator
- Forecaster
- Freelancer
- FrontPage
- FRx
- Groove
- GW-BASIC
- Halo (video game series)
- InfoPath
- Internet Explorer
- Live Communications Server
- Macro Assembler
- Max
- Messenger for Mac
- Microsoft BASIC
- Microsoft MapPoint
- Midtown Madness series
- Money
- MS-DOS
- MSN Explorer
- MSN Internet Access
- MSN Messenger
- NetMeeting
- Office
- OneNote
- Outlook
- Outlook Express
- Outlook Web Access
- Pascal
- Plus!
- PowerPoint
- PowerToys
- Producer
- Project
- Project Server
- Publisher
- QuickBASIC
- Reader
- Rise of Nations
- SharePoint Portal Server
- Singularity
- SLPS
- Small Business Financials
- SQL Server
- Student
- System Center
- Virtual PC
- Virtual Server
- Visio
- Visual Basic
- Visual Basic .NET
- Visual C#
- Visual C++
- Visual FoxPro
- Visual J#
- Visual SourceSafe
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio .NET
- Visual Studio 2005
- Visual Studio 2005 Express
- Visual Studio Debugger
- Windows
- Windows Defender
- Windows Live Messenger
- Windows Live Writer
- Windows Mail
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- Windows Movie Maker
- Windows PowerShell
- Windows Server System
- Word
- Works
- Xenix
The total…
94
software products!
Next up is Apple, Inc. Because this is really a comparison of software company greatness (or at least quantity, if not quality) only Apple’s software products will be included in the list.
- Aperture
- Apple Remote Desktop 3
- AppleWorks
- Color
- Compressor
- DVD Studio Pro
- Final Cut Express HD
- Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Server
- Final Cut Studio 2
- GarageBand
- iChat
- iDVD
- iLife ‘08
- iMovie HD
- iPhoto
- iTunes
- iWeb
- iWeb
- iWork ‘08
- Keynote
- Logic Express
- Logic Studio
- Mac OS X Leopard
- Mac OS X Server
- Motion
- Numbers
- Pages
- QuickTime
- QuickTime Guide
- QuickTime Player
- QuickTime Pro
- Safari
- Shake
- Soundtrack Pro
- Spaces
- Time Machine
- WebObjects
- Xsan
The total…
40
software products!
Our third contender is Google. Google remains a large provider of both desktop and web-based software applications. Enough said, let’s check out that list.
- 3D Warehouse
- Accessible Search
- AdSense
- AdWords
- AdWords Editor
- AdWords Website Optimizer
- Alerts
- Analytics
- Android
- Apps
- Audio Ads
- Base
- Blog search
- Blogger
- Blogger Mobile
- Blogger Web Comments
- Book Search
- Browser Sync
- Calendar
- Calendar Mobile
- Catalogs
- Checkout
- Click-to-Call
- Code
- Code Search
- Co-op
- Dashboard Widgets for Mac
- Desktop
- Directory
- Directory
- Docs
- Dodgeball
- Earth
- Experimental Search
- FeedBurner
- Finance
- Gadgets
- Gapminder
- Gmail
- Gmail Mobile
- Gmail Mobile (application)
- Gmail/Google Notifier
- GOOG-411
- Google Mobilizer
- Google Notebook
- Google Talk (Blackberry Exclusive)
- Google Web Toolkit
- GrandCentral
- Grants
- Groups
- Hello
- iGoogle
- iGoogle Mobile
- Image Labeler
- Image Search
- Joga Bonito
- JotSpot
- Language Tools
- Life Search
- Maps
- Maps Mobile
- Marratech e-Meeting
- Mars
- Mashup Editor
- Moon
- Movies
- Music Trends
- News
- News Archive Search
- News Mobile
- Notebook
- OpenSocial
- Orkut
- Pack
- Page Creator
- Patent Search
- Photos Screensaver
- Picasa 2
- Picasa Web Albums
- Picasa Web Albums
- Picasa Web Albums Uploader
- Pinyin IME
- Product Search
- Product Search Mobile
- Questions and Answers
- Reader
- Reader Mobile
- Rebang
- Ride Finder
- Scholar
- SearchMash
- Secure Access
- Send to Phone
- Sets
- Shared Stuff
- SketchUp
- SMS
- Suggest
- Talk
- Transit
- Trends
- TV Ads
- U.S. Government Search
- University Search
- Video
- Video Player
- ViewMobile search
- Voice Local Search
- Web Accelerator
- Web History
- Web Search
- Webmaster Tools
- YouTube
- Zeitgeist
The total…
114
software products!
Who wins?
Google, with 114 products, takes home the cup. Microsoft takes second place. And Apple is way far behind – maybe next year we’ll give points for quality, too.
Addendum
As of yet I haven’t found any errors. But if you find something, tell me.
