Web Usability: Save and Cancel ... or ... Cancel and Save?

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Windows and OS X have always bumped heads on this, but what is the general concensus on whether a Save button or Cancel button goes first in a web application?

[Save] [Cancel]

or

[Cancel] [Save]

Note: I have these buttons at the top of the form flush to the right.

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