Ubuntu and Mozilla: The inevitable alliance


First lets discuss some of the key players and situations involved in developing such an alliance. First we have Mozilla which showed the world that the browser wars were not over and that Microsoft can be hurt. Second is Ubuntu which showed the world that Linux can be viable, easy and popular desktop operating system. Finally lets look at Google who has been inspired by the previous two achievements mention and are currently working on their own Linux based browser OS called Chromium.
Some call this evolution. I call it swiping the feet out from under your competitors by combining their known strengths and insisting that this is a web based OS only for Netbooks. Which to me is a ploy to keep future competitors from forming alliances now before Chromium OS is truly off the ground.
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