Too bad this language argument is covering a more interesting point made by one of the two critical articles linked ( http://www.drama20show.com/2008/09/02/chro

Too bad this language argument is covering a more interesting point made by one of the two critical articles linked ( http://www.drama20show.com/2008/09/02/chrome-hype-when-non-techies-blog-about-technology/ http://www.drama20show.com/2008/09/02/chrome-hype-when-non-t... ): Lots of incremental revenue to Google? Like Google Docs, which Arrington last year wrote was “tearing the Office wall down”? Or Google Checkout, which Arrington called “Google’s roundhouse punch to PayPal”? The fact that Google gets 97% of their revenue from advertisement really puts the impact of all their releases back into perspective. Their browser is a welcome improvement on the browser market, but this might not be such a game-changing event. And to put my comment into perspective now, I'm not better qualified than all these people blogging about Chrome and Google web applications in general; just noticing that desktop (compiled) software still sells. I would be very interested to see a global comparison between the revenues brought by the sale of software as (web) services and the sale of desktop software. I have a feeling Microsoft Office alone might bring more money than all web companies, though I would be glad to be proved wrong by actual facts :)