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"Most people would prefer a single, unified environment that adapts to whichever environment they are working in, moves transparently between local and remote services and applications, and is largely device-independent -- a kind of universal canvas for the Internet Age." -- Microsoft TechNet item Microsoft .NET: Realizing the Next Generation Internet", June 2006.

[I found this in the 2006-12-04 "Strategic Developer" column by Jon Udell in InfoWorld, "A Universal Canvas" (vol. 28, #49; p.34), in which he adds, "So Google got there first, but we're still in the early innings of this game. Google's office apps, while collaboratively adept, are functionally lame. Microsoft's apps are adept and lame in precisely the opposite ways. Everyone needs to converge on solutions that deliver the best of both."]