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...which is that I think Google's going to build a Web-based thin client-type hosted environment-slash-operating system replacement. Or at least, they should, and that's only if Microsoft doesn't beat them to it.
I sense we may have reached the "what is she talking about?" portion of the evening, so let me elaborate. Everyone seems to agree that Google's showing signs of building some sort of operating system. One of Microsoft's key Windows architects, Marc Lucovsky, recently defected to Google, and so far, his duties at Google haven't been detailed. Google's also been rapidly expanding onto the desktop--Google Desktop is the company's only other Google-developed product that's not in beta. They've acquired the photo-organizing software Picasa, along with the 3D mapping software Keyhole. There's e-mail client extraordinaire Gmail and Google Deskbar, which lets you search for and display Google results without opening a browser (a first step toward rendering IE, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, and company obsolete?). Meanwhile, a walk through Google Labs shows you personalized search projects, mobile solutions such as Google SMS and Froogle Wireless, and, of course, Google Maps...............
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