eweek.com — "Back in '96-'97, me and a group of people,many of whom are here at Google, helped build stuff that these days is called AJAX," We concluded, in the face of unyielding opposition and animosity from virtually every senior person at Microsoft, that the thick client was on its way out and it was going to be replaced by browser-based apps.
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joe90210Feb 1, 2007
how they killed ajax? they were the first to use it, remember that it's MS that invented XmlHttpRequest, the backbone of every Ajax website.
halikFeb 1, 2007
Umm the headline has nothing to do with the article... tagged as inaccurate. RTFA before posting it on digg...
jaydjFeb 1, 2007
@ajck"Yeah, and then realising the implications of what they had unleashed, tried desperately to put the genie back in the bottle... (and failed, thank God)."Is that why they've been using it in OWA since Exchange 2000?
sfledFeb 1, 2007
AJAX was invented by MS and popularized by Google. Even a blind horse hits the barn door once in awhile.
baathorFeb 1, 2007
I totally agree with you, but this digg title is total lame.MS isn't THE reason why AJAX didn't emerge in 96-97, it's told in the article diggamer!Perhaps you submit digg stories without reading them x)
jimntexasFeb 1, 2007
Buried for totally inaccurate title.