The browser as king of the communications castle
ProcessOne - Mickaël Rémond - September 22, 2009The second web war opens with Microsoft releasing Office suite for the Web.
Last week, Microsoft released its Office Web Apps for public testing, with the view to officially launching them next year (http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/17/237755/mixed-messages-as-microsoft-office-comes-to-the-web.htm). So while Google may have already stolen a march on Microsoft by offering browser-based desktop tools with its Google Apps suite, this is the strongest signal yet that it could be the end of desktop software solutions as we know them.
Given that Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office are the most obvious symbols of desktop domination, this move to web-based applications should not be taken lightly. With desktop applications running through your browser, this is a sign that the browser will play a critical role in the future of communications. Google launched Chrome, Apple launched Safari because they felt it was necessary to control the web platform and could not rely on existing players like Microsoft and Internet Explorer, Opera developing its browser and Mozilla promoting Firefox as the most technology agnostic of the four.
Such competition in the browser space can only lead to greater innovation when it comes to the development of web-based applications. For example, I would not be too surprised if Microsoft launches a multi-platform web-browsing client in the not too distant future. They already did it in the past on UNIX (HP-UX and Solaris) and Mac OS when the first browser battle was at its peak.
These are exciting times for the web, as we are on the verge of it moving on from a basic directory to a dynamic interactive interface connecting users worldwide. With communication increasingly residing on the web, it will be up to companies such as ProcessOne to provide users the tools and applications so that they can communicate and collaborate in real-time via the web, irrespective of platform or location. We are are prepared to provide the needed technologies to support this trend.
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