[Cialug] Fwd: News Alert: Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Todd Walton<tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> That Google is expanding Chrome into an operating system is exciting.
> But, really, a New York Times news flash?
>
> And I daresay the "direct challenge to Microsoft" thing is a bit
> overblown.  It's intended for netbooks, a yet contested market.
> Saying it's for the "PC" is disingenuous.

Is Google expanding Android to cover netbooks in addition to cell
phones maybe?  At least in the short term this seems like a good thing
- we need an 800lb gorilla behind a Linux-based OS to keep that other
800lb gorilla from forcing Windows onto every netbook.  If people
actually want Windows on a netbook I'm OK with that but people should
have a real choice...

-- 
Jeff Ollie