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2009-07-08
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Originally Posted by Bundyo
Well google search changed history for sure. So did gmail to some extent and also there is google orkut which really changed the people in India and latin america. Google maps goes into that list also.
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2009-07-08
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Orkut started as a small company that Google bought, and there are also enough Google projects that silently disappeared. Google is not your saint and savior you know.
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2009-07-08
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Originally Posted by Bundyo
So, I should take down the Quad-Color Shrine? I was so sure...
Google is not your saint and savior you know.
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2009-07-08
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Technically, there are three determinate states the cat could be in: Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
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2009-07-08
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Originally Posted by Bundyo
So are you 100% happy with the "progress" in desktop OS's now? I, for one, am not.
And what will the web bring to the table? Slow centralized cloud webapps which will simulate work while offline?
That's like one then? We're talking about Google and Microsoft Office is not exactly web only.
I was talking about web "OSes" but it probably wasn't very clear.
What I really meant was how much of these Web 2.0 ventures die in a single year? Google is big and that shields it from mistakes but it doesn't mean that Google doesn't make mistakes.
The reaction is simple - its nothing world shattering that will change the course of the history. It will have its uses and that's all.
But I would like to have some options. Something new. As it stands, being close-minded or allowing a group of closet geeks that have no clue to what other people may want, only know what they want... that's a loss.
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2009-07-08
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Originally Posted by gerbick
Which is somewhat ironic specially considering Google is announcing an operating system which REDUCES options.
But I would like to have some options. Something new.
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2009-07-08
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Originally Posted by javispedro
How so? They bought Linux, Microsoft or Apple?
Which is somewhat ironic specially considering Google is announcing an operating system which REDUCES options.
I think you totally misunderstood what I meant by "options".
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2009-07-08
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I might 
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You can already browse the web with any current operating system. But you can also run certain kinds of native applications.
Enter GoogleOS: you can browse the web, but you can't run native applications (that's the first "option" I'm talking about you lose).
Benefits? Nil.
. You can already browse the web with any current operating system. But you can also run certain kinds of native applications.
Enter GoogleOS: you can browse the web, but you can't run native applications (that's the first "option" I'm talking about you lose).
Benefits? Nil.
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2009-07-08
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True. But as far as this goes... if this means that my older hardware around here - such as my OQO - can use this while I travel. It's an option to me.
I refuse to own a netbook, but this is an option.
I refuse to own a netbook, but this is an option.
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2009-07-08
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Originally Posted by fms
Google has identified the right set of problems to solve, and I think they'll probably do a good job of it.
Google takes Linux and puts Chrome on top of its frame buffer. People have done it before. What is so revolutionary about it?
The significance is not about a browser on top of the frame buffer, it's about things like "we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work" (from the official announcement).
Regards,
Roger