Jim Thompson wrote:
On Jan 31, 2006, at 3:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 31, 2006, at 10:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally, I have trouble imagining that Google would want to get
into the Desktop OS business. Ubuntu isn't bad, but the only way
anyone will profit is if they sell computers in volume with Linux
pre-installed.
Jim Thompson wrote:
Try telling that to RedHat, or any of the other linux distro vendors.
I would, but Red Hat is the one telling us that Linux isn't ready for
the desktop, and that we should all run Windows, instead. They said
it rather loudly. http://www.silicon.com/software/os/
0,39024651,39116741,00.htm
Granted this was the tail end of 2003, but nothing from Red hat
indicates that they have changed their position.
Redhat introduces its "Desktop" product in mid 2004.
http://distrocenter.linux.com/distrocenter/04/11/06/1831257.shtml?
tid=111&tid=116
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5205117.html
https://www.redhat.com/en_us/USA/rhel/compare/client/#tableD
Which basically has done very little.
Novel (SUSE) has one too.
Indeed, one can argue that Suse's is a more serious product, but
adoption has been limited.
Oh sure, because nobody knows what Google is doing (it may even be a
fake), but take a gander at these:
http://www.generation-nt.com/images/biblio/soft_os/000000006925.png
http://images.google.com/images?q=google%20OS
Now that's interesting. I assume it's OpenOffice simplified to the point
of hiding most menu items. We shall see.
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