Just when Microsoft thought it couldn’t get any worse, Google have hit another crippling blow to the software behemoth.

I’m happy to admit that I am of an age such that the first flight simulators to come out (in monochrome) were really cool; and I mean REALLY cool. I spent many frustrating hours trying to get that aircraft to take off from Chicago’s O’Hare airport with little success. The point is that Microsoft’s Flight Simulator holds a special place in the annals of software history.

Imagine my amazement when the latest version of [1] Google Earth comes with a flight simulator built in!

Those guys in Redmond must be quaking in their shoes. What next? A first person shooter in Google Earth? Stranger things have happened.