Changing Climates for Microsoft and Google 393
ReadWriteWeb writes "Weather metaphors abound as this article looks at the evolving software environment — and in particular the competition between Microsoft and Google. Milan says that while Google enjoys relative dominance on the Web platform today, two fissures exist that will force them to move. The first is Microsoft's ability to use the exact same HTML based strategy as Google (like Microsoft's current Live initiative); and secondly Microsoft leapfrogging the current environment by solving rich application installation/un installation and enforcing an acceptable contract regarding what rich apps can do on a user's machine.
Unfortunately for Google, Microsoft is a lot closer to solving these two issues than people think. Microsoft has the best virtual machine with .NET, the best development tool with Visual Studio and the best access to developers with their MSDN programs. And they have a notion. Steve Ballmer himself has started touting the exact strategy they need — Click Once and Run."
Click once and run? (Score:5, Funny)
An Inconvenient Truth (Score:1, Funny)
Myself, I think the internet has a naturally occurring pattern of variability, but if it turns out the internet is indeed manmade, then a KLOC tax can mitigate the negative externality of global porning.
Doesn't Steve Mean.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Visual Studio (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps, then, my penis would be of some assistance?
Upcoming patent cases: (Score:3, Funny)
Lindows vs. Microsoft for Click and Run operations
Pringles vs. Microsoft for Once You Pop, You Can't Stop operations
Re:Again (Score:2, Funny)