Interesting development. They said they will release the source code sometime this year. It's hard to imagine that it won't have some helpful innovations in it that will fork into a freeer version,over time . JF
--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Fred James <[email protected]> wrote: From: Fred James <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Google vaporware announcement (Doors of Expression flavored ranting) To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 5:24 PM Ben Barrett wrote: > So let me ask this way: how can we (if we want to), overcome our "gag > reflex" at the branding, if indeed there are good and useful tools within? > > As activists of appropriate technology, if this contains any of it, we could > discuss the pro's and con's of the contents, beyond the branding. Google > keeps eating up such a variety of technology companies, there are volumes of > discussion to be had on the synergy they are likely to achieve with what > they've got. It strikes me a little bit like when CPU's started to be > engineered by other CPU's, instead of by humans. When capabilities start > growing that fast, everyone has reason to be a bit shifty ;) > > Will "they" in fact, own the desktop at such a point? > > ttfn, > > Ben Ben Barrett (or anyone else concerned) Preface: I am not a purist, activist, or fanatic, in any form If you are a corporate wo/man, I should prefer that you leave all of that at the door, please, if possible - at least for this discussion Questions: Google is a corporation, yes? And as such one might presume with some degree of surety that Google is (a) profit motivated, and (b) leveraged (perhaps highly so?) In this, how is Google different from Microsoft, or IBM for that matter (other than by degree)? With all of that in mind How does this "new" OS fit into the/your world to make it better? This was all prompted by "Will "they" in fact, own the desktop at such a point?" Thank you for your time Regards Fred James _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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