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Now, Free Ways to Do Desktop Work on the Web - New York Times

Where is Microsoft, the software giant, in all this? Interesting question. It is expected that Microsoft will offer a similar product via its Net-centric Office Live and Windows Live initiatives, which convert the desktop to the Web top. It may be a tough choice for the company, because it faces the dilemma of cannibalizing its own products or letting someone else take a bite out of them.

When I read that I was surprised to see “Web top” written as two words; it’s clearly intended to be analogous to “desktop.”

“webtop application” already gets a fair number of Google hits.

So, how long is it before we see “phonetop” or “celltop” or perhaps (ickily) “PDAtop” applications?

Place your bets.