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Great blog.
It is about the browser nowadays. The age of convoluted proprietary lock-ins is going going but not quite gone .....

An awful lot of devs are now building web based sharing tools, and any IE only dev, if it still goes on, is by the last few flailing dinosaurs.

The noise coming out about the "mesh" strategy from our favourite FUD meisters is akin to the "we want people to look at it as the Microsoft network" fluff in the early days of the internet.

There will remain the army of mouse wielding monkeys, blindly leading their companies through a couple more cycles of wastage and frustration because of their lack of knowledge.

But we're on an unstoppable march.

The knowledge economy is well and truly started. MS will wake up to the reality that all of the bluster in the world does not make them the knowledge economy.

Their history of lies, illegal practices and customer abuse will not be forgotten.
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Great blog.  fr0thy2 | 08/18/08
Wow, I'm impressed...  PollyProteus | 08/19/08
Now that is funny! - LOL nt  USTechHead | 08/19/08
Wrong again  Cayble | 08/19/08
Not as wrong as you are.  TtfnJohn | 08/19/08
Windows not a killer app?  Sleeper Service | 08/20/08
No it wasn't..  TtfnJohn | 08/20/08
Fact Check  Headfoot | 09/11/08
Which integrated Office Apps were available  alaniane@... | 08/20/08
There were two I recall  TtfnJohn | 08/20/08
Smartsuite wasn't a DOS app  alaniane@... | 08/21/08
You may be right...  TtfnJohn | 08/22/08
Missed the Point  ethyrdude | 08/20/08
What the heck is your problem?  silent.griffin | 08/24/08
Browser, e-mail client, word processor, spreadsheet app  pjotr123 | 08/18/08
With better execution envirnoments and offline capabilities, even word  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
Great Point  russdwright@... | 08/19/08
By the way, Google writer does now work offline, though with reduced  DonnieBoy | 08/19/08
Browser, e-mail client, word processor, spreadsheet app  FredHarvey | 08/19/08
newsreader, web browser, e-mail, Xcode, calendar...  Professor8 | 08/19/08
Browser #1, Email #2, Doc and Spreadsheets close 3 and 4  masinick@... | 08/20/08
My Killer App is Firefox  chessmen | 08/18/08
Very true, but, FireFox needs a better execution environment and standard  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
That one Windows application...  /A\V/ | 08/19/08
Absolutely!  techboy_z | 08/18/08
FireFox might eventually be the killer app that turns into the platform for  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
What do we learn from iPhone?  LBiege | 08/18/08
Well, I am old enough to remember when people said that assembly was the  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
Be careful with extrapolation  frgough | 08/18/08
Still, as Firefox gets better, and we have standard offline support, we  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
I'd disagree somewhat about automobiles...  msalzberg | 08/18/08
I didn't say autos haven't advanced  frgough | 08/18/08
I wasn't really disagreeing with you.  msalzberg | 08/18/08
Cars vs PCs -- no comparison  nfordzdn | 08/19/08
Automobiles are bound by ...  mwagner@... | 08/19/08
Automobiles are bound by ... ???  psion@... | 08/19/08
See, this is why it's good to read the previous comments  bmerc | 08/19/08
that comment was a response to that.  psion@... | 08/19/08
To psion  Cayble | 08/20/08
car vs. computer price/performance  Professor8 | 08/19/08
I didn't know native == assembly  LBiege | 08/18/08
No, but assembly is to Java as "native" is to browser based. The browser  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
Browsers shoudl remain as, well browsers  LBiege | 08/18/08
Actually, Java will likely become the execution environment of choice for  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
Another thing to remember is the advantage of universal availability of  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
"for example Java"  LBiege | 08/18/08
I think you should keep the applications in the browser, where they  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
A browser is very constraint environment  LBiege | 08/18/08
Why does the browser have to be a constrained envirnoment? Java in the  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
Future apps... Security?  PollyProteus | 08/19/08
Web appliations CAN be restricted to the local area network.  DonnieBoy | 08/19/08
Ten years from NOW?  mwagner@... | 08/19/08
Substitution of Capital for Labour  happyharry_z | 08/19/08
In this day and age, there should be very little reason...  Professor8 | 08/19/08
RE: the open source lefties  mistermachine | 08/19/08
I'm an assembler-level programmer!!!  dragon@... | 08/19/08
C is at least as low-level as Fortran  Professor8 | 08/19/08
I agree (I'm on old C programmer)...nt  USTechHead | 08/19/08
RE: 100 powerful lines of code  mistermachine | 08/19/08
Agree - being an old C programmer...  USTechHead | 08/19/08
If you had half a brain, you would realize that we were talking about  DonnieBoy | 08/19/08
Partly true,  alaniane@... | 08/20/08
If in 10 years the...  arminw | 08/19/08
AMEN!....nt  USTechHead | 08/19/08
Speed isn't the only issue.  Zonkola | 09/05/08
Doubt it.  Sleeper Service | 08/18/08
What it does matter is ...  LBiege | 08/18/08
It's not a debate.  Sleeper Service | 08/18/08
Fine  LBiege | 08/18/08
I think you had meant Symbian rather than Nokia.  LazLong | 08/18/08
Sorry, my mistake.  Sleeper Service | 08/19/08
but Cocoa is native on just about anything  Professor8 | 08/19/08
Photoshop is a hilarious example  frgough | 08/18/08
It is not any one application, it is the fact that about 99% of Windows  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
I'd say that...  msalzberg | 08/18/08
We are talking Windows only applications. When you get 99% of  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
I think (and I could be wrong)...  msalzberg | 08/18/08
@DonnieBoy - Heh. You're joking, right?  ignis fatuusz | 08/19/08
Not really...  storm14k | 08/19/08
Apple is impressive in the consumer market  Ken_z | 08/19/08
As has been mentioned...  Sleeper Service | 08/18/08
The cloud...  Ben_E | 08/18/08
The Cloud....burst.  psion@... | 08/19/08
Can we please get off this cloud crap???  storm14k | 08/19/08
Not exactly...  storm14k | 08/19/08
Killer Content: NBC Olympics  jabailo1 | 08/18/08
All very good points. MS is working frantically behind the scenes to make  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
Welcome to the world of...  Sleeper Service | 08/19/08
Pure BS  shawn_dude | 08/19/08
.....  Linux User 147560 | 08/19/08
I think you misunderstand what I meant.  Sleeper Service | 08/19/08
Why can't I do that with Netflix?  PollyProteus | 08/19/08
NBC Olympics also exclude..  msalzberg | 08/18/08
The funny thing is  LBiege | 08/18/08
Killer Content: lots of examples  rynning | 08/19/08
It's all the OEM.  TripleII | 08/18/08
Just wondering...  Ben_E | 08/18/08
Link enclosed  TripleII | 08/18/08
With the world shifting to 64--bit OS  LBiege | 08/18/08
We somewhat agree...  storm14k | 08/19/08
I don't use wine.  TripleII | 08/19/08
I went back to Windows because Linux/WINE couldn't handle graphical apps.  HypnoToad | 08/19/08
Desn't really make sense...  storm14k | 08/19/08
Agreed, but why is Linux taking market share from Apple?  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
I think you answered your own question...  sean_hando@... | 08/18/08
Try loading windows from scratch  zmud | 08/19/08
Initial installs of Win/Ubuntu were easy for me...  sean_hando@... | 08/19/08
Agree  balaknair | 08/19/08
I think the difference lies ...  russdwright@... | 08/19/08
Agreed....  sean_hando@... | 08/19/08
How does Windows automagically install these things for some people?  storm14k | 08/19/08
"Killer App" argument dead and buried.  djchandler | 08/18/08
Is the "kiiler app" now the web?  HyperAdmin | 08/19/08
I strongly disagree !!!  timiteh | 08/19/08
Exactly what I have been saying and thus agree...  USTechHead | 08/19/08
Linux Killer App exists. It's...  shawn_dude | 08/19/08
I don't think there is a killer app  voska1 | 08/19/08
You're Missing the Point  ted@... | 08/19/08
spaces  mistermachine | 08/19/08
Photoshop Elements is what you need  brittonv | 08/19/08
RE: But Elements is Slower  cgarrett@... | 08/19/08
Freeware  psion@... | 08/19/08
RE: Is the  serpentmage | 08/19/08
You're so wrong  msal35@... | 08/19/08
WINE... it's the gaming industry, not the pair...  shryko | 08/19/08
We don't need no stinkin' killer apps!  mwagner@... | 08/19/08
Linux also needs a budget for marketing.  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
How can there be a marketing budget...  bmerc | 08/19/08
Not disappear  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
Agree...Linux word-of-mouth advertising isn't cutting it...nt  USTechHead | 08/19/08
RE: Is the  Peter Knight | 08/19/08
IE is the killer app, then.  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
RE: Is the Killer Apps and User Patterns  alconte | 08/19/08
The Network is the Computer...  rmfernandez@... | 08/19/08
Why do we need a "Killer App"????  Narg | 08/19/08
Home users vs work users.  psion@... | 08/19/08
Agree - the killer app is personal and professional preference nt  USTechHead | 08/19/08
I agree to a point...  USTechHead | 08/19/08
RE: Is the  cgarrett@... | 08/19/08
RE: Is the  cristinoel | 08/19/08
If you define 'killer app'...  msalzberg | 08/19/08
I Don't Find the browser a "killer App"  windozefreak | 08/19/08
I don't think you meant...  msalzberg | 08/19/08
I'm not going to bother  sackbut | 08/19/08
LOL - nt  USTechHead | 08/19/08
Didn't bother to think?  storm14k | 08/19/08
Show me  sackbut | 08/19/08
RE: Is the 'killer app' argument dead?  Woodyboy | 08/19/08
RE: Is the "killer app" argument dead?  NCWeber | 08/19/08
There is no killer app possible outside of price.  storm14k | 08/19/08
It's the browser, stupid.  3dtodd | 08/19/08
Defining the "Killer App"  SteveMak | 08/19/08
Defining the Killer App  sawatzky | 08/19/08
Every operating system has  stan@... | 08/19/08
RE: killer app argument  unclefixer@... | 08/19/08
Killer apps at work  mkaiser | 08/19/08
Killer apps  chromeronin | 08/19/08
Total agreement - devices are the new killer apps!  buddysaul | 08/19/08
RE: Is the "killer app" argument dead?  ManoaHI | 08/19/08
Agree  sawatzky | 08/19/08
Linux Killer App is not needing antivirus  fred@... | 08/19/08
It's the apps!  tonymcs@... | 08/19/08
RE: "Killer Apps" -not the whole story.  On Site PC | 08/19/08
RE: Is the  shadfurman | 08/19/08
Midori and Live Search and cloud computing...  transposeIT | 08/19/08
RE: Is the Killer App Dead  eavilev@... | 08/19/08
Killer app or Killer product?  Ken_z | 08/19/08
Apple will be successful, but not Linux.  General C# | 08/20/08
So...  djchandler | 08/20/08
Really ?  timiteh | 08/21/08
Good point.  djchandler | 08/22/08
RE: Is the ???killer app??? argument dead?  Presler | 08/20/08
good article.. 1 mistake  TedKraan | 08/20/08
Repeating the same mistake as Netscape did  mb_sx | 08/20/08
Have said this before...  webm0nster | 08/20/08
Agreed  djchandler | 08/20/08
Got it backwards  jobert48@... | 08/20/08
RE: Is the  sawatzky | 08/20/08
sad Windows needed  se_lain@... | 08/20/08
Linux can never have a killer app.  pete_l | 08/21/08
Linux can never have a killer app  pete_l | 08/21/08
Never say never.  djchandler | 08/22/08
Right, MSFT is in panic mode???  jackbond | 08/22/08
Designers  djchandler | 08/25/08
My killer apps  mrdelurk@... | 08/22/08
RE: Is the ???killer app??? argument dead?  The Rifleman | 08/22/08

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