| Sumario: | The article discusses the convergence of operating systems and Web browsers. The prediction of the eventual convergence by Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape Communications Corp., is mentioned, noting that in 1995 he predicted that Web browsers would eventually render the desktop operating system (OS) obsolete. The development of features enabling the advent of the Web OS is noted, discussing the development of Web standards such as HTML5, technologies such as Microsoft Xax and Google Native Client, and changes to the software architecture of browsers that would make them process-oriented.
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