Karma & Chess

In many ways, Karma is like Chess. If you make too many wrong moves, you can lose the game, but more importantly, you can make just one wrong move, and it’s all over. For those who have no clue what I’m talking about - Karma is the Hindu version of relativity (for each action, there is an equal reaction), so if you do good, good will come to you and if you do harm… you get the picture.

Karma does not only apply to people, it applies to companies aswell, more importantly, companies in the Internet world. You need to take time to think and strategize and consider your opponents move, way before they have even made the decision to make it. So, in essence, companies tend to make decisions and create “actions” which lead to consequences. I know this is abstract, please bear with me and read between the lines.

Microsoft (get the picture), has made far to many mistakes in the search engine arena, and are paying the price. No one in their right mind would count them out of the game, not by a long shot, but the questions really is : Can they usurp Google?

With Google’s most new release of the Desktop Search, they have firmly thrown the gauntlet smack-bang into Microsoft’s face. What will the behemoth do to counter this move? What they always do! As everyone knows, they’re building search into Longhorn (their new operating system) and will attempt to do to Google with search, what they did to Netscape with the browser. However, rumour has it that Google is busy building an internet web browser - in my opinion, a bold, but BRILLIANT move.

The Internet is hotting up and it’s getting back to bubble days, or is it? My view on the Internet at the moment is that we are finally living up to the dreams of the dot-bomb days. All the visions and ideas were not practically possible then, but they are now - it’s taken 4 years…and it’s clear to see what the advancements have been in terms of infrastructure - Google, Overture & FindWhat have made customers easier to find and because of that, companies now have a sustainable way of growing their businesses, using the Internet as a marketing channel.

For more teaching on Karma and other similar philosophies, visit www.saibaba.org, which give the views and teaching of a Hindu Guru, Sai Baba.

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