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okay, so i just wanna put this out there for reactions and for you to noodle over…short: google and apple are in bed together for a reason. google will use safari on windows and mac to control ‘web as desktop/os’ (not mozilla)…read on…

first - we already know about the big apple/google relationships (schmidt on the board and all of that)…and here’s a very nice and clean visualization of that web of relationships for you to look over (apple/google)…

…but some lesser known and KEY relationships here? okay. first off there’s ann mather - she’s a director of google and the former evp/cfo of pixar and a former right hand gal to steve jobs…next up is jamie dinkelacker, a guy who was hired last fall as ‘program manager’ for the enterprise engineering efforts of elgoog, an agile software guru, and an all around super smart guy - why mention him? oh yeah, he was a former senior scientist at apple - also the dude behind the first calendaring app (netscape) and so on…

…oh, but i digress - the point (!) of all of this: in order to really succeed, google needs one standardized browser to enable and support all of their online and offline services, api’s, coming-stuff (offline synch etc) and given mozilla’s lack of interest in seeing another ‘fork’ emerge (yet again, please, no more flock) it will be a long while before google can control their directions (yeah, even with dibona running open source at elgoog, i find it hard to believe that he gets to set priorities, plus he openly admits that goog doesn’t like people to know what they’re doing, hence the interest in open source inside their walls and their ability to control shit - another mozilla fork would fuck it all up)..

shit, yeah, got distracted again - so yeah, if you roll up windows and mac, you’ve basically covered every consumer and business user in the mainstream world (sorry, ubuntu cronies, you just don’t count as mainstream) - so what’s a big company like google to do if they wish to control the browser experience, specify functions/calls and maintain absolute secrecy over any such plans? answer: partner with the other most secretive company out there, apple computer, and co-opt safari to put embedded solutions directly inside the browser (the one that handles java quite well mind you), and now runs across platforms…

…does that make sense? fuck ajax apps on the iphone, i am talking about all of the apps on the internet…so now, does that “ iGoogle offering’ make a little more sense to you? does it feel a little personal as well as a little appley? maybe it’s just me, but elgoog doesn’t need to buy apple, they just need to control and influence core partners across the board and push for one browser to rule them all…btw, if you can build that app for iphone, you can sure as shit get it to run on safari - wouldn’t this offer a nice channel for google into the mobile market without making a phone or any of that bullshit?

think about it: apple is the comeback kid with safari on windows, but they NEED the presence of google to expand the ‘mainstream’ user base, integrate with their own services (think ‘.mac 2.0′) and in turn ride the elgoog wave into the shore of the interweb-as-desktop while yahoo and others lay about, beached whales who either didn’t see this coming or just couldn’t shift adroitly enough to respond to the changes…

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