On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> 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. > Yup - some people need desktop software, some don't. People (PHB types come to mind) who live in Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint could live in Google's browser based world just fine. Well, maybe not just fine, but if you work at Google and they tell you that's what you are going to do, I think you could make it work. > 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 > I could see it happening. I don't think it's this year, or next year, but I could see it happening. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:319918 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
