blog.wired.com — "Steve Ballmer says Microsoft has "no choice" but to embrace the web app revolution." Um... what web app revolution? The real revolution will come from virtualization and open source software. Google will likely succeed with a few useful services, but Microsoft's plan to embed spyware and advertising into Windows & Office will be a dismal failure
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pumacubJul 29, 2007
I've completed several projects using Silverlight... it has some serious issues, but nothing that I don't be see being fixed by the time it is released (1.1 _is_ in Alpha after all).I've also done work in Flash, including Flex, and I must say that Silverlight is a much more developer friendly solution. It's design and architecture is well done.
odiwanJul 30, 2007
Yeah, good point Atomic1fire. I wonder if that's what they plan... could be.
grumpyrainJul 30, 2007
I find it interesting that yesterday the SAME guy submitted an article about Microsoft 'software plus' and in the process called it the Ultimate Spyware System because your data could be stored on Microsoft servers, yet today Google is legitimately going to kill Microsoft with Web Apps?If a 3rd party company hosting your data is a privacy concern for you, then NEITHER of these are going to be acceptable. I am more worried about what Google is doing with my data than Microsoft, because it seems that Microsoft's every move is scrutinised and Google is assumed do no evil.
vaultJul 30, 2007
What does virtualization have to do with this? FOSS is great but neither it nor virtualization are going to spur a revolution in the foreseeable future.
obkenobiJul 30, 2007Submitter
Yet MS is moving towards "software + services". Why would they bother, other than to find new ways of inserting spyware and advertizing onto users' desktops?
stockjonesJul 30, 2007
The only thing Google has that MS cant touch is the search engine. Thats about it.
futureguyJul 30, 2007
Google is not open source, ohh yes they do throw a bone or 2 to open source community to use them as free labor againt its competitors. None of Googles core products are open source. Google is the most hypocratic company on the planet (ok after halliburton)
Closed AccountJul 30, 2007
Um I dont think so, web apps are nice but not nearly the same as native ones.Not to mention independence and not being tied to the internet to do work, will always win out.
xxdesmusJul 31, 2007
No sorry. Office 2007 is far beyond Open Office (and even Office 2003).