So MS is kind of 'discouraged' that so many people are now using web applications so that all you need on the desktop is a good browser to run most applications..
SO what do they do?
WELL ... they put their 8 ton gorilla weight into putting applications BACK on the desktop!
Guess they didn't like the previous results
http://news.com.com/2009-1016-510322...?tag=nefd_lede Quote:
Longhorn, which had its official coming-out party last week, marks Microsoft's return to "fat client" application development--software that resides largely on desktop or portable PCs rather than on a shared server or network. The company is even considering phasing out the development of a stand-alone browser, instead building Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Web-based applications that would run directly in Longhorn as "native" Windows code.
The result would be "increased lock-in to Windows," said Michael Silver, an analyst at market research firm Gartner. "Microsoft wants enterprises to write browser applications that take advantage of
Longhorn application programming interfaces (APIs), which means that they won't work on non-Longhorn browsers," Silver wrote in a research report last week.
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