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Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by IncreasePosts on Thursday June 27, 2024 @11:22AM (#40811532)
How much effort should Google put into supporting browsers that don't have the feature sets to support the use case?
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by wing-_-nuts on Thursday June 27, 2024 @11:52AM (#40811824)
Depends, are the serious about avoiding antitrust cases?
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by sbarre on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:02PM (#40811985)
I think Microsoft Office's mere existence precludes Google ever being considered a monopoly in the office apps space.
Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by toast0 on Thursday June 27, 2024 @01:14PM (#40812761)
Mere existence of a competitor doesn't preclude an anti-trust case for monopolization or abuse of a dominant market position.

Lots of office suites exist, but Microsoft has to tread lightly. In Recent News, the EU is dinging them for bundling/tying Teams with Office. Because it's a dominant market position, regardless of competitors.

If at some future time, Google Sheets has a significant market share, they might get dinged, too.

Re:Why Google Sheets ported its calculation worker from Java... by makeitdouble on Thursday June 27, 2024 @06:15PM (#40815776)
How many browsers are there with more than 2% global user share ?

We're talking about 4 or 5 browsers, putting serious effort into supporting them all would be reasonable.