"David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> You don't get it. The point is, you can pick any Linux >>> distribution and >>> still use the same applications. This is exactly what Microsoft >>> *doesn't* want. They want applications to be locked to Microsoft >>> OSes. For then to do this, applications have to be as tied to the OS >>> as possible. The browser as a target platform threatened this >>> Microsoft vision, so Microsoft reacted by trying to corner the >>> browser market and balkanize Java. > >> And when are we going to see this browser as a target platform? > > It may not happen, or it may. The future of computing is not known > at > this point.
So you think that MS, based on something that might (or might not happen) somewhere in a future, burned a lot of money? >> No: the historical fact is that MS whiped Netscape of the planet. >> That you come up with "They were afraid that everybody would be >> running NS Office online using Netscape" is just a guess. > > No, it's well-documented fact that Microsoft's entry into the > browser > war was precisely because they feared that browsers would become the > new operating systems. Where can I read that well-documented fact? >> MS just seems to ignore a certain development for some time, then >> state it's not significant, and next they are an important player. >> This is not limited to "MS missed the Internet, almost...". They >> don't miss anything, they just don't jump on every hype. > > What is your explanation for why MS decided it was so important to > control the browser market? You think MS was too stupid to realize > that web-based applications threatened to make desktop OSes > interchangeable? And you think MS is so stupid to just jump through hoops because something that still isn't here, might have been there like 8 years ago? Can you show me what companies MS bought to justify their fear for a major move to thin client computing? -- John Small Perl scripts: http://johnbokma.com/perl/ Perl programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ I ploink googlegroups.com :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
