Re:Microsoft is Dead
by brett on Friday April 06, 2007 @09:08PM
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It would take an incredible amount of sack for Microsoft to deliberately break IE; there's no way they would ever take a risk like that and I really doubt it would play out like you think. Web based applications have way too much momentum. Initially the clueless would go without, but the backlash would be so severe in the development and tech communities that pretty soon the clueless would have a working alternative preinstalled. The big internet companies (the ones we should still actually fear) would step in right away and partner with consumer hardware companies to make this happen.
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Even if Microsoft does not intentionally break IE, what incentive would it have to improve support for AJAX apps?
For example, what incentive would it have to support an offline mode for AJAX apps?
You think Microsoft can stop web app innovation by just ignoring it themselves?
Their incentive is to maintain their market share. IE7 is their attempt to get their ass in gear for precisely that reason. The market's not going to stick around and wait for IE and the web will progress whether MSFT wants it to or not.
Well, apparently MS killed Java on the client:
http://java.sys-con.com/read/37121.htm
So yes, they could make life difficult for AJAX developers.
the fact that MS Atlas exists makes your AJAX hypothesis false.
Microsoft tried to kill XForms. The workaround of AJAX made Microsoft to open their eyes 10-12 months ago...