On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I suspect that the Google App Engine (and cloud computing more > generally) will have the unintended effect of significantly reducing > usage of Linux among web developers. > > The solution of course is for Google to release a user-friendly and > slick Google OS built on top of Linux that makes the web the main > source of apps. >
Also, I think Google will have to adopt Silverlight or build/adopt a competitor (a multilingual Flash?). I am skeptical that Javascript can be used to build graphics-intensive applications. Amir > But even that's not enough since many people (even web devs) play > games on Windows... and linux cannot compete at all in that regard. > One could argue that the shift towards game consoles is making Windows > less important for games, but that will take time... > > Amir > > -- http://b4utweet.com http://chatbotgame.com http://numbrosia.com http://twitter.com/amichail --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
