[dba-Tech] For web developers

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Jan 29 17:54:09 CST 2013


Forgive me if something was lost in translation, but were you just letting me know what articles you have read or did I misunderstand something?

- Hans


On 2013-01-29, at 3:44 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote:

> Hi Hans --
> 
> <<<
> 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/
> I suppose this remark is for Jim and his note " that both Apple and MS will make  moves to eliminate competing browsers"?
> 
> And I have already read the article you refer as well as the articles I have referred in my quoted posting - from all that articles' info I'd assume that it would be unwise to try to eliminate competing browsers.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- Shamil
> 
> 
> Вторник, 29 января 2013, 15:31 -08:00 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>:
>> 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 >>>
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