Non-sports topic: Google Chrome

So Google continues their plan to rule the world.

Sad part is Firefox will get hurt the most by this, and not IE.  :(

Microsoft leads the world in market penetration. They may make junk, but as for domination...

A lack of add-ons at this time means no ads being interrupted, something Google is very interested in.

Ok you seem like a bunch of computer savvy guys, unlike my self. I have a new laptop and I'm using IE right now. Would I really be better off switching to Firefox or Google? What would be the benefits other than slight differences in the navigation toolbars?

I haven't tried chrome yet but I fell for Firefox so hard I got my entire office to switch to it. So Chrome will have to be pretty special if I'm going to switch to it full time.

I'm sticking with Firefox for now, because it's clearly superior to IE (nobody can disagree with that), and Chrome is new. So there are bound to be teething problems initially. I like that it's Open Source though. Does it yet have tab recovery if you close it and reopen it, like Firefox does with its Tab Mix Plus? I'll wait around for those add-ons to be available.

The Microsoft monopoly on computing is a disgrace. Over here, whenever you buy a computer, chances are it'll come as standard with Windows, be it Vista or XP. Because it runs on Windows, Microsoft "helpfully" give you Internet Explorer, Outlook Express (which I have no idea how to use and no desire to ever use), and Office. I think that a user should be able to choose which OS and IB they want, rather than be forced to have the Microsoft version at startup. I'm by no means an expert in these fields, but I have friends who are, and they make good points. Why do people pay £100s for Microsoft Windows, when Linux and other Operating Systems are available on the Internet for free? The problem is that Microsoft can plough money into advertising because they run a business, whereas Linux doesn't. If I was a business, I'd switch to Linux/Firefox because they're better quality, cheaper in Linux's case, more secure, and I wouldn't mind betting the technical support is better. The problem at the moment is that if you ask most people what Operating System they use, they wouldn't be able to answer. That means they're using Microsoft, which is bad.

However, it's good that there's so much competition to be the #1 Internet Browser. That can only be a good thing for Internet users in the future. No longer does Microsoft hold a monopoly in the market.

This is from the Google EULA for Chrome.

11. Content license from you 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.