Google's Bosworth: Why AJAX Failed (Then Succeeded)
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| "Back in '96-'97, me and a group of people,many of whom are here at
| Google, helped build stuff that these days is called AJAX," We
| concluded, in the face of unyielding opposition and animosity from
| virtually every senior person at Microsoft, that the thick client
| was on its way out and it was going to be replaced by browser-based apps.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2088644,00.asp
Defending the cash cows.
While refusing to adoopt 64 bit (or anything other than x86).
While showing no interest in the Web until Netscape became powerful.
Neglecting security and curtailing deliverity of patches.
Imitating from Open Source and Apple to catch up when market share is lost.
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