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Don’t get BOSS’d around by your 3rd party API

As the dust settles from last week’s “Micro-Hoo!” partnership announcement, developers around the globe are beginning beg the question “what about my needs?”

Google Chrome – browser, web operating system, or web desktop?

Looks like Google Chrome was launched a bit earlier than desired yesterday. The official Google Blog following-up “iterate often” with a link to their online comic book explaining their new browser works. And while some may only see “Yet Another Browser” – those of us looking under the hood are beginning to ask ourselves, it this really just a browser – or is this actually Google creating a web desktop and/or web OS that will finally put the nail in the Microsoft Office coffin?

Vista vs. Ubuntu and the value proposition of a work in progress

Steve Ballmer says Vista is a work in progress. With that in mind, and if my office, contact management, presentation, web administration, and other applications are all web-based, then what is the value proposition of sticking it out with Microsoft’s expensive work in progress, versus a more cost effective work in progress such as Ubuntu?