Microsoft vs. Google — Mutually Assured Destruction

jmcbain writes "Robert X. Cringely asserts that nothing good will come out of the ongoing war between Microsoft and Google: 'The battle between Microsoft and Google entered a new phase last week with the announcement of Google's Chrome Operating System — a direct attack on Microsoft Windows. This is all heady stuff and good for lots of press, but in the end none of this is likely to make a real difference for either company or, indeed, for consumers. It's just noise — a form of mutually assured destruction intended to keep each company in check.'"

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Cue Hanna-Barbera "double-take" SFX

[xigxag]

MS still fits the bill (e.g. Being the most popular platform,

I initially scanned that as:

MS still fits the bill (e.g. Bing the most popular platform,

and was like...huh, since when???