Many Google executives would argue that the Web, and products such as the , will eventually make Windows irrelevant, even though Microsoft's operating system still powers 80% to 90% of all desktops. Dodge uses the past tense when he talks about Microsoft's dominance.

"IBM had their time. Digital and Sun and , they had their time. Microsoft has had their time," he says. "And now the cloud-based systems, like Google and Facebook and others, will have their time. It's a natural progression of business. Microsoft had a hell of a run for 30 years. They're still a very powerful company, very profitable, growing very well. So I wouldn't say they're going to go down, I would just say that the market has moved."

Dodge himself traded in his Microsoft products for Google ones when he switched employers. He hasn't hopped on the tablet bandwagon, saying tablets are for "consumption, not for creation." But he has an Android phone and does all of his computing on a , known by its code name Cr-48, and a MacBook Pro.

But even on his computer, Dodge is all Web.