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Browser Wars Declared Over?
Kelson writes to mention Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera and Google took the stage this week at the Web 2.0 expo and in addition to discussing pressing issues have declared their intent to avoid another browser war. All the panelists agreed that security was the largest concern currently facing browser developers. "Brendan Eich, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, said that security was hard and always will be. 'I don't think we should take security lightly; it's an end-to-end problem and we have to step outside the current model to win on this front,' he said. For his part, Chris Wetherell, a software engineer at Google, said one of the scenarios that kept him awake at night was offline access to the browser and what that meant from a security perspective, particularly on the user-to-user front."
90 Lb Weakling: We all agree to stop kicking sand on each other.
-- www.globaltics.net
Political discussion for a new world
Microsoft: "Guys? Hey guys! The browser wars are over! Can you hear me? The _war_ is _over_! Go ahead and lay down your weapons! Stop fighting! That's right, come out come out wherever you are! Put down the guns!"
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
It'll never be over, not as long as there is a drop of blood in our typing fingers!! How dare they try to take away a fundamental part of our fun!
We will fight them on the keyboards, we will fight them on the intertubes, we will fight them where and whenever an html statement is exectured!!
For his part, Chris Wetherell, a software engineer at Google, said one of the scenarios that kept him awake at night was offline access to the browser and what that meant from a security perspective, particularly on the user-to-user front.
It's statements like these that make me think he must be an absolute blast at parties.
Qualitas edurus commercium, nullus penitus net rimor, nullus deus beneficium
Microsoft declares "Mission Accomplished."
Luke Spyglass: "You fought in the browser wars?"
NCSA Mosaic: "I was once a web browser the same as your father."
Luke Spyglass: "My father didn't browse the web. He was a finger server at the community college."
NCSA Mosaic: "That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. He thought he should stay home. Not gotten involved."
Luke Spyglass: "I wish I had known him."
NCSA Mosaic: "He was a cunning application, and the best downloaded in the galaxy. I understand you've become quite a good downloader yourself. And he was a good friend. For over a thousand days the W3C protected the web. Before the dark times. Before the Empire"
Luke Spyglass: "How did my father die?"
NCSA Mosaic: "A young web browser named Internet Explorer, who was a derivative of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Emporer hunt down and destroy the W3C standards. He betrayed and murdered your father. IE was seduced by the Dark Side of the internet."
Luke Spyglass: "The internet?"
NCSA Mosaic: "Yes, the internet is what gives a web browser his power. It's an energy field created by all connected computers. It surrounds us. Penetrates us. Binds the world together. Which reminds me. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your Uncle wouldn't allow. He thought you'd follow NCSA Mosaic on some idealistic crusade."
Luke Spyglass: "What is it?"
NCSA Mosaic: "It is open source browser source code. The weapon of a web browser. Not as random or clumsy as a closed source. An elegant idea for a more civilized age."
Good. Now that this distracting war is over, we can get back to the really important wars: vi versus emacs; LISP versus, well, anything else; and where to put those little curly brackets.
This historical irony moment provided by Neville Chamberlain.
"But we had a piece of paper!!!!"
and attacked the Ass at his leisure.
You know... There are laws against that...
I Like Pie...
Over?!?! It's not over 'til we say it's over. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??....Hell no!.............
"...a civilian some of the time, a soldier part of the time and a patriot all of the time." -Brig. Gen. James Drain
Modded troll? ;-)
:)
Oh I had to get Opera in before it was all...
"And Microsoft declares victory over the Jedi resistance"
or
"Firefox declares victory, Mircosoft says it's pulling out of the browser market!" jokes.
Come one there are precious few of us Opera users!!
"You're saying Microsoft is a rogue company?"
Microsoft is multi-classed. One of their weapons is a Greatsword of Backstabbing, +20. It ignores armor, too.
Bearded Dragon
Such an outcome is only logical, after all. If it's over, the fat lady must have sung.
Don't forget the vorpal blade of competition of dismemberment, the +2 quill of proprietary formats, the reams of BillGee's Grasping Fist scrolls, the +5 ring of protection from gov't lawsuits, and finally the portable hole they use to make XP quickly disappear.
RECURSIVE DECLARATION ERROR! THREAD HALTED.
Good thing I am packing my +4 Shield of Predictable MS Comments to protect me from these posts!
Just had to add ... Airborne Chair of Ballmer Rage with +10 projectile damage
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws-Plato
...this is the outcome.
Faith is a willingness to accept something w/o complete proof and to act on it. Reason allows you to correct that faith.
NCSA Mosaic: IE was a good friend.
NCSA Mosaic: When I first knew him, your father was already a great application. But I was amazed how strongly the Internet was with him. I took it upon myself to train him as a browser. I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Lynx. I was wrong.
Luke Spyglass: There IS still standards compliance in him. I've felt it.
NCSA Mosaic: He more Microsoft's interpretation of W3C standards now than compliant; twisted and evil.
Luke Spyglass: I can't do it, Mosaic.
NCSA Mosaic: You cannot escape your destiny. You must face Internet Explorer again.
Luke Spyglass: I can't kill my own father.
NCSA Mosaic: Then Microsoft has already won. You were our only hope.
Luke Spyglass: Lynx spoke of another.
NCSA Mosaic: The other he spoke of is your twin sister.
Luke Spyglass: But I HAVE no sister.
NCSA Mosaic: Hmm. To protect you both from the Emperor, you were hidden from your father when you were born. The Emperor knew, as I did, if IE were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him. That is the reason why your sister remains safely anonymous.
Luke Spyglass: Opera! Opera's my sister.
NCSA Mosaic: Your codebase serves you well. Bury your threads deep down, Luke. They do you credit, but they could be made to serve the Emperor.
Actually, what they wanted to announce was that the major combat operations have ended...
Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
I just got an image in my head of Bill Gates in a server room with a huge "Mission Accomplished" sign behind him...
We can't grow when browsers are killing eachother and commiting crimes with one another.
[Connection closed by foreign host]
They made a web browser webapp. Proponents say it's just like the desktop web browsers, except you can use it from anywhere with a web browser!