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Re: Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome

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Re: Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome

vcp-410 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:42:13 -0000

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Thursday evening that, for six years, he resisted the idea of building what became the Chrome browser and (soon) operating system, before succumbing to the enthusiasm of Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

Re: Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome

Ian Bell — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:57:13 -0000

It's pretty bold for anyone to start throwing out predictions, especially where it concerns a company's very existence like Adobe. It's a quick way to lose credibility and shows a lack of leadership experience.

The simplest answer is usually the correct one, and it's likely Google has grown large enough to introduce multiple product lines, each with their own product cycles and agendas. Is Chrome meant as a distraction? Probably not, it's just growing on it's own. There is no doubt it has gained considerable market share.

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Jay — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:12:07 -0000

Yes it is! I hate alot more companies than MS and Google, though I find it hard to hate Apple, try as I may. Ha has brains!

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Anthony Ha — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:36:55 -0000

Isn't it possible to hate more than one company at once?

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Anthony Ha — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:35:49 -0000

Hmm, I'd be interested in hearing more specifics about how you think Microsoft's relationship with developers has changed.

Re: Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome

GeekMonger — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:23:39 -0000

"Microsoft is forcing all users of Windows OS that use Internet Explorer to search by default in Bing, obviously that brings a certain amount of users overnight to their bing search engine."

That's actually not true - IE gives you a choice on startup.

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zato — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:45:49 -0000

Sure thing, gamer.

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xtduser — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:46:13 -0000

Old broken record, buddy. Times have moved on. Google's the new upcoming pestilence. Time for you to move on, too.

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Guest — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:25:10 -0000

The only problem is, Video for Windows DID successfully compete with Apple.

Disregarding Flash video for the moment (which is obviously the leader now in Internet video), how often do you see Windows media formats being used compared to Quicktime formats?

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Robert Johnson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:21:36 -0000

Holy crap.

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ulricr — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:11:32 -0000

Ha yes I understand what he's saying.

he's saying it is like when the cable companies go into telephony and the phone company go into television service. it's all about keeping the competition buzy defending their turf so they are too buzy to develop into a competitor.

now is that true for google android, I'm not sure.

Re: Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome

Geek — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:18:07 -0000

>> That will basically kill off Microsoft, Apple, Intel and even Adobe cause Chrome is HTML5 which replaces Flash with open standards.

HTML5 will not be replacing Flash until/unless a video codec is decided on (http://is.gd/1tJud). Although Google could of course solve this for *their* browser. But that would not be a standards-based solution.

Re: Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome

zato — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:38:13 -0000

Walid Abu-Hadba said "nor is it part of a grand plan to undo Microsoft’s dominance (as VentureBeat writer Dean Takahashi speculated)."

You're right Walid, it's not part of a plan to end Microsoft's dominance. It's part of a plan to rid the planet of a pestilence.

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technicalevangelist — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:37:13 -0000

>> “They don’t know how to deal with developers,” he said.

That's more true of the current Microsoft than it is of Adobe. Having been a part of the Cameron Myhrvold era of Developer Relations at Microsoft, where 3rd party developers were Windows royalty... the past 5 to 8 years for Microsoft has been all about defense. Even the fact that Google can use the word 'chrome' when it was originally a Microsoft codeword for tech that would have beaten Flash and Unity.

Now Silverlight is just like the busted strategy of competing with Apple with Video For Windows. Following the competition instead of listening to the developers.

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Charbax — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:27:02 -0000

Android and Chrome will soon run on $100 full sized laptops that run 20 hours on a regular 3 cell battery and are even sunlight readable. That will basically kill off Microsoft, Apple, Intel and even Adobe cause Chrome is HTML5 which replaces Flash with open standards.

Adobe Flash has been one of the reasons the mass market would not move away from Microsoft and X86. But now that Adobe is moving away, supporting ARM and Linux, Microsoft feels threatened and have to try to force their own proprietary and bloated silverlight onto consumers. Bing is not getting more traffic, Microsoft is forcing all users of Windows OS that use Internet Explorer to search by default in Bing, obviously that brings a certain amount of users overnight to their bing search engine. But nobody is voluntarily moving over to Bing.

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HereAndNow — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:05:21 -0000

I think Google may be trying to refocus the industries' attention on web apps, as the way forward for cross-platform app development.

Currently, smartphone app developers must support different development languages, frameworks, tools, etc., in order to deliver apps for the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, WebOS, Symbian, WinMo, etc. platforms. Modern mobile browsers would allow developers to build a single web app that would run on all of these platforms.

If the Chrome OS (and other platforms) were to support BONDI, which specifies secure JavaScript interfaces to device resources (files, cameras, accelerometers, GPS, etc.), it would be possible to develop full-featured applications that run in the browser.

A link to the BONDI website is here:
http://bondi.omtp.org