Web-Desktop Integration is seen as the next step after Ajax. There is already a flurry of activity happening in this space. Adobe's Apollo, Microsoft's WPF/E, Parakeet and many other approaches all are setting released one after another. Dojo Offline is also getting mature. So the ball has started to roll for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).
The Web Community might not be foolish this time to choose a proprietory solution like Apollo or WPF/E. Discussions have already started on the web and web community is already getting alerted to the situation.
Why Open is Good and How Open Could Be Good for Flash and Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web are pointers in this direction.
The most damning argument regarding microsoft and adobe comes from techcrunch. It says "Adobe is both a platform company and an application company. Conflicts are not avoidable".
I am just hoping that an firefox equivalent of RIA platform prevails, and startups have a field day.
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