On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: >\ I would think that most people at Google could survive with a browser alone, > on any platform. Their corporate email, document management, etc is all in > the cloud and they eat their own dog food. There are things you need the > desktop for, sure, but there are a lot of folks who (if they work at Google) > could survive on a browser alone. At least I would think. >
Speaking as someone who has worked day to day on Linux for awhile now, I can't live with just a browser, and Linux has its shortcomings in the desktop software space. Software engineers can't work with just a browser, they need IDEs and other tools of the trade that are far more widely available on Windows than Linux or Mac, although Mac certainly has better coverage than Linux at this point. I don't see them releasing their own desktop OS. I just don't see the payoff for them. They could simply support Linux and get far more for their investment. Unless the payoff is related to ego- real geeks have their own OS, or some BS like th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319915 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
