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Google opens new front in war with Microsoft
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 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.