On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:40:33 +1200 Keri Henare increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words:
[snip] > > There's no 100% guarantee that Microsoft wouldn't adopt Webkit. But I > > think with the effort that they have put into IE7 (and even more so > IE8), they are most likely to continue along the current path of > improving Trident (if it's even still called Trident as of IE8) and > prove to the world that it is still a real competitor. Yes it's Trident VI in IE8 but pretty much a ground up rebuild. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(layout_engine) > We're also now likely to see Microsoft increase their commitment to IE > as a product. With Firefox, Microsoft completely dismissed it's > impact far longer than they should have, mostly through plain denial. > > They're not going to be so cavalier when it comes to Chrome. Google > is already a threat to Microsoft in other areas (eg Search) and you > can be sure that Microsoft have been keeping an eye on the future of > the "Web OS". You combine that with the statistics on how many > Windows users have Google Desktop Search and Google Toolbar installed > and Microsoft must be starting to feel threatened about a very real > competitor to IE. > > You can be sure that Microsoft are getting ready for one hell of a > battle. Agreed, but that is what a business in the number 1 position is meant to do - act like number 1. Compare Coca Cola - Pepsi wars. Whenever a number 1 business stops acting like number 1 is when they are most likely to become number 2 or 3. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
