One more data point on the AJAX hype cycle:

The Netscape threat that led Microsoft to wage the browser war and cross swords with antitrust regulators around the world is -- at long last -- poised to become reality. Software experts say recent innovations in web design are ushering in a new era for internet-based software applications, some of the best of which already rival desktop applications in power and efficiency. That's giving software developers a wide open platform for creating new programs that have no relation to the underlying operating system that runs a PC.

From Wired News: You Say You Want a Web Revolution
Referenced Fri Aug 05 2005 09:50:24 GMT-0700 (PDT)