[dba-Tech] For web developers

 Hi Jim --

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I fully believe that both Apple and MS will make 
moves to eliminate competing browsers.
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But what they can do with Android taking now 70% of global market smartphones share
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/28/android-ios-grabbed-92-of-global-smartphone-shipments-in-q4-2012-android-undisputed-volume-leader-says-analyst/

and "Android tablets gaining on iPads"
http://www.tech-thoughts.net/2012/11/tablet-market-share-trends-android-ipad.html#.UQhUbSefh_8

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-- Shamil

Вторник, 29 января 2013, 14:13 -08:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>Hi John:
>
>In this high-stakes game of controlling the internet and the browser
>port-holes to the same, hardware companies like Apple and want-a-bes like
>Microsoft are trying to consolidate their advantage. I fully believe that
>both Apple and MS will make moves to eliminate competing browsers...and that
>will mean stopping their biggest competitors like Google and for a small
>part Firefox.
>
>Without government intervention claiming a monopoly, or stiff client
>disapproval, Google along with third-party application developers (like
>Amazon for example) could be removed from between 50 to 60 percent of the
>market or be forced to pay taffies to enjoy access. All these potential
>market trends give me pause. 
>
>Jim
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