Haven’t we heard this before?
Bats
<blockquote><a href="#274752"><em>In reply to paul-thurrott:</em></a></blockquote><p>It took that long, because of what Microsoft did to Netscape and it's lack of vision for the next step in computing. It took another data company (Google) to beta test one their product Google Apps for Your Domain to get all this stuff going again. Now Microsoft is trying to copy it, take it over, and run with it.</p><p><br></p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#275144"><em>In reply to Bats:</em></a></blockquote><p>Netscape bailed at the first sign of real competition. I suspect cashing out was always the plan and they found a sucker in AOL.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#272653"><em>In reply to BlackForestHam:</em></a></blockquote><p>Except that Sun wasn't talking about the web, they were talking about the "network computer" which failed.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#275017"><em>In reply to aThingOrTwo:</em></a></blockquote><p>Well, it hasn't done all that well outside of the education market but interestingly with the addition of Android and now reportedly Linux, it's becoming less and less a "network computer" every day.</p>
Bats
<blockquote><a href="#275103"><em>In reply to skane2600:</em></a></blockquote><p>LOL…are you kidding? It's dominating! The Chromebook initiative or ChromeOS, is simple the Chrome browser. Computer operating system are nothing, anymore. People can clone a Windows Celeron laptop into a Chromebook by simply doing one thing….download Chrome. </p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#275134"><em>In reply to Bats:</em></a></blockquote><p>The Chrome browser isn't the same as ChromeOS any more than IE is Windows. Note that virtually nobody is turning their Windows PC into a Chromebook because nobody is interested in downgrading their PC.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#275302"><em>In reply to Hassan_Timite:</em></a></blockquote><p>I mostly agree with what you are saying although it has nothing to do with the topic.</p>