John Pugh wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Mar 1, 2006 at 1:34 pm, in message
> <4405E950.7060401@perennialwisdom.com>, khepri@perennialwisdom.com
> wrote:
>> Jeremy of Linuxquestions.org writes about a Google "appliance" rather
>
>> than all out OS;
>>
>> "The power of Google branding should be readily apparent now. One
>> interesting thing here is, this should worry Novell (and to a lesser
>
>> extent Red Hat) at least as much as it worries Microsoft. The desktop
>
>> market is a big piece of the potential OS pie. A move by Google could
>
>> all but lock other Linux- based options out."
>>
>> Looks like this might be building to Apple levels of hype and
> speculation.
>> This story kicked it off;
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01...desktop_linux/
>>
>> I just can't see anyone that already uses Linux switching for
> something
>> like this...But Aunt Sally who only writes emails, has a few
> bookmarks
>> and occasionally prints a letter or two.....just maybe....
>>
>> Is this what Dell is dragging their feet on?
>>
> I think the link you were attempting to reference is
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/31/google_goes_desktop_linux/
Yeah that was it...
> No sources have been cited and given Google's ability to keep things
> under wrap, no one has given this much credibility at present.
Well, that's true...and the Register is almost as speculative as I am!...LOL
As when they say "Google confirmed"...for all we know the guy on the
phone wouldn't deny it...:)
Either way they have a long way to go to catch up with Dvorak
Gotta see this cartoon of him;
http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/02/25/why-john-c-dvorak-is-wrong-about-apple/
> If you haven't seen where Novell is on the Novell Linux Desktop...you
> may wish to see this http://youtube.com/watch?v=vDArLR6FIzA or the other
> 1/2 dozen clips on some nifty linux desktop features. It's all open
> source, of course.
Great thanks!...
Chris
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