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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com