Will AJAX Threaten Windows Desktop?

prostoalex writes "They are not your father's HTML pages anymore. AJAX interfaces are getting more complex and versatile, relieving the user of the necessity to reload the page, and thus are becoming more like your average desktop apps. The catch? AJAX apps work in any browser out there, making the OS layer a bit irrelevant. Will the trend threaten Microsoft desktop near-monopoly? Or are we hearing the story of poorly debugged device drivers again?"

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OMG - You have to be kidding me?

[bigbinc]

I haven't even read the article yet, but I am shocked this is the kind of stuff we can read at wired.com. Are you kidding me?

Fuck This - What a Stupid Fucking Story

[repruhsent]

This is almost as dumb as when mushupork thought that Windows without Windows Media Player would "open some eyes and increase interest in alternative (Linux, Mac) offerings".

Why is it that all of your open source/Linux fags think that every piece of open source software has the possibility of taking Microsoft out? Wow, I simply can't wait until my desktop operating system is Gaim. Fags.

...oh, and I fucked Taco's wife last night. I tell you, fucking into fat rolls is a LOT of fun. That is all.

AJAX will be easier to embrace&extend than jav

[team99parody]

I'm not worried at all about AJAX catching on.

I'm fully confident in Microsoft's ability to put enhancements in IE8 that will break all Google and Yahoo AJAX projects in much the same way their JVM worked.

Or, (with memories brought back by your java reference) for "security reasons" only allowing dynamic content that uses the safe managed code in the CLR/.NET runtime.

No Pointers? != General Purpose

[Anonymous Coward]

Java is a sandbox designed to be secure.
The downside is that it is slow and not
really general purpose.