--- On Fri, 7/10/09, madhu kannan <[email protected]> wrote:
> why google is better than MS
> ms will take away your freedom and your money , and google
> will do it with out charging any thing :-)
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168202/chrome_os_could_offend_the_open_source_community.html
"2. Chrome OS was created to take away your privacy
I hinted at this in my blog posting the other day, but the reality is that
Chrome OS exists to give Google access to your data. All of it. Chrome OS might
be free of charge but you'll pay for it with your online soul.
Money isn't the currency of the Internet. Data is. Micropayments aren't made in
cents or pennies, but in details about your shopping habits, or where you plan
to go on vacation.
Most ordinary users don't know about privacy issues, and normally take a
laissez-faire attitude even if they do. But it's a very sore spot for open
source advocates. Open source types have a tendency to be paranoid about their
data. They make the bizarre assumption that not only do various covert agencies
take an active interest in their data, but that they generate data that's worth
taking an interest in."
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:43 PM,
> Jain Johny <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM, <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
> How many people (lay people) do you think use their
> freedom?
>
> Software freedom... Do u think they will go thru and modify
> their own
>
> code to suit their needs?
>
>
>
> I understand that due to the immense popularity of Gmail
> and all their
>
> other products
>
> Google has a very good publicity for its OS
>
> So yes, there will be many converts just bcoz its google
>
> But sooner or later the disadvantages or advantages will
> come out...
>
> Then lets see it...
>
>
>
> I believe if the google OS is good, the free software
> society will go
>
> thru it
>
> See if it meets all the rights of freedom expected off it
>
> Rather than blindly saying that it is evil or its great
>
> Lets just wait for it (atleast the beta) and see how it see
> before we
>
> point fingers
>
>
> True!
>
>
>
> My concern is more on the overall aspect of giving google
> so much of my
>
> online life information
> OK. Split it between G and Y! ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Its not restricted to just an OS
>
> Should something so precious as a virtual life be in the
> hands of a
>
> corporation?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jain M Johny
>
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