On 6/1/2010 1:14 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > 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 think the Chrome OS is going to target us computer professionals, at least not for a long time. As important as we like to think of ourselves, counted as a percentage of the computer using public, we make a very small fraction of the market. There are a large number of people out there who uses computers for some very simple tasks, e-mail, internet, basic office productivity. I suspect Google is hoping their OS catches the interest of that group or, more likely, the manufactures that make hardware for that group. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:319916 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
