Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Jan 29 17:31:33 CST 2013
And the fact that both Chrome and Safari are based on WebKit, which is a project that is open sourced on the BSD licence, which essentially means the code is all yours, do what you wish with it (unlike with GPL, which has some conditions). How come no one ever mentions the fact that you cannot install any other browser on a chomebook? By your standards, this would make google evil and trying to squeeze out its browser competitors, would it not? :) Before you counter my email, I recommend you read this article: http://www.zdnet.com/amazons-top-selling-laptop-doesnt-run-windows-or-mac-os-it-runs-linux-7000009433/ - Hans On 2013-01-29, at 3:01 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > Hi Jim -- > > <<< > I fully believe that both Apple and MS will make > moves to eliminate competing browsers. > > 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 > > ? > > > -- 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 > <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com