On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > I preface the subject line with "temporarily offtopic" because Google > will no doubt eventually create a version of Chrome for Linux. > > I'll let others, if they be so inclined, write about how good Chrome may > be; I choose only to point out this: > > http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.html?kc=EWWHNEMNL090408EOAD > > Jeff
I thought about posting a comment on the blog but its already a day old and the author has already posted that he has been deleting comments. When i read a story like this the authors credibility quickly comes into play. Perhaps this Joe Wilcox is a would be Dvorak and just says things to instigate debate and conversation. I can respect that. Deleting comments I can not. If SPAM is really an issue then get a better captcha for your blog. I did read on digg that Google was alerted to a problem with the EULA of Chrome and they promptly said they would correct it and make it retroactive. I'm not at all bothered by the data that Chrome collects. First of all Chrome is BETA software. Google is completely within their rights to monitor the usage of a product they develop. Its not like users were forced to try it. Presumably the formal release will not have these features. It might as Google tends to abuse this and label everything as BETA. Second, the source code was released. If I am really that concerned about it I can look at the code. Granted, I probably would not understand most of it. ;-) If Chrome was an MS product of course they would be getting slammed for what Google just did. If MS didn't have such a long history of frustrated users there might be an argument for the authors swiss cheese story. Google on the other hand has a long standing history of taking care of its users. If MS had released Chrome they definitely would not have made the code available or put the product under a well defined (accepted) license. Google used a BSD license as I recall for Chrome. Third privacy is not a cut and dry thing. Two things are almost always combined with privacy (trust and respect). Of course MS got hammered for XP having big brother features. MS does not respect its users (my personal opinion) therefore there is no trust. MS just doesn't have that personal touch. When Google messes up they apologize, generally they correct the issue and we all move on. Fourth and most importantly. All Google did was show us something their working on. Hey here is a browser we developed check it out. I find too many flaws with how the author presents his opinion to be concerned with his actual opinion. Some people state opinions that are based on too little information. Wilcox seems to have too much information to get a clear point across. BTW, The web site microsoft-watch.com (owned by eweek.com) is hosted on Linux. I love it when MS fanboys use Linux to send their message. He is a self described Windows bigot according to one of his own blog postings. I know he has an apple blog as well so he has reached some form of enlightenment. > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
