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Windows developers were not faring too badly (at least in the past before the web phenom arrives)

• SwellJoe 18y ago
  Unless they happened to build something too successful. There was a time when the leading word processor was not Word, the leading spreadsheet was not Excel, and the leading web browser was not Internet Explorer. These are merely some obvious examples. Of course, this is one of the great reasons why the web is wonderful for consumers: No one can own the platform.
  • rw 18y ago
    Hopefully no one will ever own the internet platform, but we know it could happen.
• Herring 18y ago
  Maybe because their business model wasn't built entirely on being in the good graces of another company. Gates would have creamed his pants if he could legally turn off an app with the flick of a switch.