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Ok well stated. I think I got sidelined by the quote I threw up in the original posting (especially the browser war statement). But the theoretical strategy t
by fiaz 17y ago
Ok well stated. I think I got sidelined by the quote I threw up in the original posting (especially the browser war statement).
But the theoretical strategy that you state (the commoditization of the operating system) seems a bit "round about" for Google. In other words, I think it would be better for Google to really make their web browser into a new kind of web browser instead of creating an entirely new kind of operating system. Better yet, a web browser that enhances an existing operating system might be a better way to commoditize the OS.
It is possible that they have figured out a killer app for their new OS, but I suppose that's fuel for a separate discussion.
- mixmax 17y agoYeah sorry, the browser war statement could probably be misunderstood, especially since there was a browser war with Netscape already :-) Writing clearly is a hard discipline. If Google made an enhanced webbrowser they still wouldn't have a clear line of sight from their apps to the customer: There would still be a middleman that could get in the way.
- sielskr 17y agoI think I got sidelined by the quote I threw up in the original posting If you had RTFA before your first comment, you would not have gotten sidelined. The author (mixmax) of TFA graciously conceded in his reply that his "Google won the browser wars" was probably not the best choice of words, but the context made it immediately clear to me what he meant by that choice of words.