In addition, open source operating systems, applications and third-party tools are already in development.

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Tizen and Ubuntu also use HTML5 in their development, something that should allow applications on both operating systems to be interoperable.

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Browsers have become more important as more software development shifts to the Web and away from applications anchored to personal computers and their operating systems, like Windows.

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