Google: The browser is the computer

[HawaiiMuskrat]

So, the world is finally catching up to my dream of a world where
Atari can perhaps live again. Once the Evil Ogre (MSFT) is defeated
all the inhabitants of the land will prosper!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10250196-2.html

SAN FRANCISCO--Google spent Wednesday morning trying to get developers
excited about the next generation of Web technologies by showing off
how future Web applications will mimic desktop apps.

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... Google's Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering, noted that
the four modern open standards browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome,and
Opera) are all adopting some HTML 5 technologies as they become more
stable, taking every opportunity possible to ding Microsoft's Internet
Explorer ...