With Microsoft SilverLight taking on Adobe Flash/Flex for the Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Java having some issues of recent, it would make perfect sense for Google to get into the game and it will be interesting to see their approach. I have argued with friends that the PC is going nowhere soon and all these RIAs are just more proof the web/cloud is not ready for prime time.
Google is working on "Native Client" a RIA and the key issue is can they get developers to work against it. Microsoft is great at creating applications and technologies for developers. Google has to move to intercept Microsoft on the RIA front. SilverLight is moving forward nicely and is not tied strictly to Windows.
