99% of Internet applications lie in the future
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| I do not think that more than 1% of the net?s applications have
| been invented, 99% of applications still lie in the future. I am
| not sure what they are.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Infotech/Internet__Telecom/99_of_Internet_applications_lie_in_the_future/RssArticleShow/articleshow/1653936.cms
http://tinyurl.com/3x9j45
Tiered Web could sabotage this. In fact, Microsoft has apparently played a
role [1] and it tries to hijack the Web [2,3], essentially pushing rivals
out of it. Here's an Open Source video on this:
http://tech.netscape.com/story/2007/02/24/open-source-documentary-on-net-neutrality
Related:
[1] Is Microsoft no longer a member of ItsOurNet? Trouble in paradise?
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| On the ItsOurNet.org website under "The coalition" section, Microsoft
| is no longer on the list of: "These organizations support legislation
| to achieve net neutrality:"
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http://www.precursorblog.com/node/206
[2] ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon forn
| etwork applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
[3] Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe (at CNNMoney.com)
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| Software manufacturers, citing 2004 European Commission finding,
| contend the operating system violates server laws in Europe.
|
| [...]
|
| "Vista is the first step of Microsoft's strategy to extend its market
| dominance to the Internet," the ECIS statement said.
|
| It said Microsoft's XAML markup language was "positioned to replace HTML,"
| the industry standard for publishing documents on the Internet.
|
| Microsoft's own language would be dependent on Windows, and discriminatory
| against rival systems such as Linux, the group says.
|
| They said a so-called "open XML" platform file format, known as OOXML, is
| designed to run seamlessly only on the Microsoft Office platform.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
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