Despite still being installed on more computers than anything else, has it struck anyone that the old Apple vs. Microsoft feud seems to be irrelevant? I don’t think I’ve heard “Microsoft” and “future of computing” in the same sentence unless they were joined by the phrase “is not the.”

The Microsoft / PC end of this argument’s been taken up by Google, which is — on the whole — a much better and stronger class of opposition. Microsoft’s main advantage was that they were ubiquitous and cheap. So is Google. But Google is also also effective and useful, two features lacking on Microsoft computers for two operating systems.

Apple Vs. Adobe I’m still trying to get. Well, trying to put in more succinct terms, anyway. There’s a philosophical battle here, too, but I think it’s more between Apple and Flash developers. Adobe is merely fighting to maintain market share; their Flash platform has always relied on the perceived ubiquity of the Flash Player, which is a sort of browser-in-a-browser. If a Flashless browser becomes popular, then that’s bad marketing news for Adobe.

Of course, so is whining in public, which is all I’ve seen Adobe do recently.