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Google vs. Microsoft On the Desktop

Posted by timothy on from the rules-of-engagement dept.

Michael_Curator writes "Gary Edwards, president of the now-defunct Open Document Foundation, helps sort out the challenges Google faces displacing Microsoft on the desktop, pitting the strengths of Microsoft's proprietary stack against the developer candy that HTML 5 represents."

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  1. Niggers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Niggers are funny, but dangerous and prone to monkey behavior.

    They are porch monkeys.

  2. I'll give this much to Google by SlappyBastard · · Score: 0, Troll

    They deserve credit for stating something that has long frustrated me with non-MS systems: they're not developer-friendly. If Google is to accomplish anything with this, the solution has to include an easy-to-access system. Microsoft is where it is today because it is the easiest OS for third parties to work with.

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  3. Re:Take away the cloud by drinkypoo · · Score: -1, Troll

    Browser is not a necessity for productivity. Handy in cases, yes. Disclosure: I'm currently interning at MS.

    Oh, the irony. Microsoft just got done telling us that the web was TEH FUTURE!!!!11!!

    Farewell, ActiveX. I knew thee well. Unfortunately.

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