The second browser war.

The article reports on the release of Chrome, an Internet web browser developed by Google Inc. A number of issues surrounding this event are discussed including the rivalry between Google and Microsoft, the development of the Firefox browser and the open source nature of Chrome. Also examined is the...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 388; no. 8596; pp. 72 - 74
Formato:	Chart/Diagram/Graph
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 9/6/2008
Materias:	Web browsers Computer operating systems Google Inc. Microsoft Corp. Open source software
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost

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Sumario:	The article reports on the release of Chrome, an Internet web browser developed by Google Inc. A number of issues surrounding this event are discussed including the rivalry between Google and Microsoft, the development of the Firefox browser and the open source nature of Chrome. Also examined is the future of computing based exclusively on Internet applications rather than through an operating system.