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« on: November 20, 2009, 12:06:38 PM »
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/20/google.os/index.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2009, 03:23:31 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2009, 03:56:14 PM »
Although Google denies it I think this is a step towards a Google based mobile phone company like Sprint or Verizon. Or maybe even a Google computer aimed at businesses and college students. As popular as Google is, Microsoft has the home user market securely in their pocket. And as smart as Google is I think they know going up against Windows in the home user market isn't going to happen for a while. Open Source is good, but it's also not for the "point-and-click" crowd which makes up most of the market. If they can get college users on-board with open source then it will spread thorough everything else starting when the go into the working world. Not a bad long term plan for Google...
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2009, 05:36:02 PM »
That's total BS. What if you have a crappy connection, or none at all?! Flash memory? How much can that max out at?
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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 05:40:04 PM »
So I guess those colleges are gonna look really silly because they said their VAX-VMS was "out-dated". Connect it to an unstable dial-up internet connection, and you have PROGRESS, people!
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 05:42:09 PM »
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So I guess those colleges are gonna look really silly because they said their VAX-VMS was "out-dated". Connect it to an unstable dial-up internet connection, and you have PROGRESS, people!
Lol PROGRESS...a Progress BAR!
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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 05:43:23 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2009, 07:15:56 AM »
Looks like a good way to get google account info....beware.
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2009, 05:05:45 PM »
I hate the sound of that. Chrome browser reallly sucks, imagine how bad that is gonna be.
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2009, 06:06:30 AM »
I'm never going to trust someone else to protect and backup my files.

There are so many things wrong with this that I just don't know where to begin.
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2009, 06:34:17 AM »
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That means if you want Chrome OS, you'll have to purchase a Chrome OS device.

Ok so where are all the people that cry foul over microsoft and internet explorer???????
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2009, 08:53:29 AM »
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I'm never going to trust someone else to protect and backup my files.

There are so many things wrong with this that I just don't know where to begin.

If you haven't seen the short film "Googled", now would be an excellent time.
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2009, 08:56:00 AM »
Google has taken storage to whole new levels. "Cloud" computing is the hot new trend. If anyone is going to do it right then I would expect Google to be the ones to master it first.

It never hurts to see what the final product is before condemning or accepting it...
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2009, 09:28:41 AM »
Looks like Opera is heading to the cloud also.

Opera 10.10 Beta with Opera Unite: a Web server in the Web browser. http://www.opera.com/browser/next/
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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2009, 09:34:06 AM »
Quote from: evilfantasy on November 22, 2009, 08:56:00 AM
Google has taken storage to whole new levels. "Cloud" computing is the hot new trend. If anyone is going to do it right then I would expect Google to be the ones to master it first.

It never hurts to see what the final product is before condemning or accepting it...

Not for me, I work out of town for a huge percentage of the year.  I still need access to my data when I'm in camp and many camps don't have internet.
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