While I havn't looked personally in to this in depth, I have read a few articles mainly focussing on how Google is declaring open war on Microsoft. One headline read "Google drops a nuclear bomb on MS", the content almost enticing the reader to stock up on Google shares.
Based on that blog post, that seems to be pretty far from the truth. Different market, and a very young one at that. Gamers, Designers, Developers, Architects, Doctors - anyone that requires specialized and powerfull software. The market that Microsoft dominates appears to still be rather safe for the time being. To quote a popular meme - "Can it run Crysis?" Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sid Bachtiar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: [phpug] Re: [OT] Interesting talk from Google about Google OS On that note, Ubuntu 9.04 has a version called Netbook Remix that is already tested on many Netbooks (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks). So, replace Firefox with Chrome on that version and whoalaahhh ... basically you got Google OS without Google vendor locking :D On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Simon J Welsh<[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't it aimed at netbooks, which don't have DVD hardware support anyway? > > On 15/07/2009, at 10:15 AM, Alexei Tenitski wrote: > >> >> is watching say dvds going to be through browser as well? :) >> >> >> On 15/07/2009 10:12, Sid Bachtiar wrote: >>> >>> The question is, why switch to Google OS? >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, matt_thomson<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> "The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a >>>> new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application >>>> developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will >>>> automatically work and new applications can be written using your >>>> favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only >>>> on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, >>>> Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any >>>> platform." >>>> >>>> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html >>>> >>>> It sounds like Google OS might not even have the ability to install >>>> applications, as it seems they assume MYOB can be replaces with Xero, >>>> and MS Office can be replaced with Google docs. >>>> >>>> I guess this is good news for us web developers, if applications are >>>> going server side way, and I would really love to see Microsoft get >>>> booted from its lazy monopoly OS position. Would anyone use an OS >>>> where you might not be able to install itunes or you other favourite >>>> apps though, some apps seem to migrate to the web better than others. >>>> Or have I incorrectly interpreted googles stance on installable apps? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > --- > Simon Welsh > Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ > > Who said Microsoft never created a bug-free program? The blue screen > never, > ever crashes! > > http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d520e5e > > > > > -- Blue Horn Ltd - System Development http://bluehorn.co.nz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
