Google Plans a PC Operating System

[Rajinder Yadav]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:07 PM, CLIFFORD
ILKAY<clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 08/07/09 02:51 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, jim wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/technology/companies/08operate.html?th&emc=th
>>
>>   someone on the fedora list claims that all this is is a google
>> distro of linux, stripped down to host their chrome browser and not
>> much else.  so it's linux.  big deal.  not exactly a new "OS".
>
> To about 90% of the population, it is a new OS so why dismiss it? With
> Google's market reach and PR, this is a very positive development.

I would dismiss it and Google just on the pure grounds of integrity,
taking credit for the works of other engineers, totally disrespectful,
they know better! That's whats sucks if their new OS is in fact a
stripped down linux.

btw, Wasn't java suppose to initially run everywhere and threaten Microsoft?

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Rajinder Yadav
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