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> Google are very much standing on Microsoft shoulders here, like it or not. That's a fine point of view, but I think that it's more accurate to say that Googl
by VikingCoder 13y ago
> Google are very much standing on Microsoft shoulders here, like it or not.
That's a fine point of view, but I think that it's more accurate to say that Google and Microsoft are standing on the same shoulders.
- sbuk 13y agoReally? I'd suggest that Microsoft development of XMLHTTP and by extension XMLHttpRequest were pretty big developments for the web as we know it today. They certainly enabled Google to produce many of their services that are taken for granted today.
- VikingCoder 13y agoAs I said, there's nothing wrong with your point of view. There's no denying that in the history of the web, those were important moments. I'd say the creation of the web browser, HTML, HTTP, were even larger moments. And in that regard, Microsoft and Google are standing side-by-side on the shoulders of giants. And I'd go further and say that when Google decided to make JavaScript performance a top-priority, and started pushing HTML5 standards, Microsoft has been the one playing catch-up. I'd say that those efforts enabled Microsoft to produce Metro, which is core to their new push.
- sbuk 13y agoNo.