Comments on: Google Chrome OS: A Scramble to Say Nothing

By: Brett Rand

Brett Rand — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:55:38 +0000

Mike Cerm has apparently never had to use a computer to meet a deadline.
I am not rich. But I do need a machine that is stable, and will let me build an office without an IT team, and a degree in microsoft’s stupidity.
Been poor since birth, just need a machine that does not crash every day.
He obviously has some issues with class, race, and his piece of junk Wintel machine.
No status here, just deadline meeting, content creating, security having, fast, no crashing, wont play any games, crush your overpriced underdeveloped piece of junk windows7.
PS, yea, Im real rich livin in my shack here in NC, but I still need to make a living on my computer.
If you had something other to do, or rather , some skills that someone might pay you for, you might develop an interest in modern operating systems.
64 bit snow anyone?
Yea we all know what junk Unix is, thats why apple laid Darwin down on top of it so perfect like.
Jealous Punk.
Ask nice, maybe your parents might buy you a mac.

By: gargantual

gargantual — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:24:15 +0000

I think google's just trying some luck with the new os. (they're not thinking about overthrowing this microsoft with this os, are they?).

By: Google: Chrome OS Is About Driving Internet Use (Which Will Let Us Show More Ads)

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:48:31 +0000

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By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:30:00 +0000

I see an OS as something developed incrementally over years and years of experience, since it has so many facets to it – hardware interface and interface with other devices, security, web interface, networking, interaction with programming languages etc etc etc. And it is a dialectical development, with third party applications and the OS each affecting each others development. I cant see how Google can get all that right in one go.

But the need of an OS which in more in touch with today’s context, namely the internet, is necessary. An OS which gets rid of the artificial barriers between “local apps” and “Web apps”.

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Spite Is Not a Business Strategy | Tech Newz — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:37:45 +0000

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By: Spite Is Not a Business Strategy

Spite Is Not a Business Strategy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:01:45 +0000

By: roadknight

roadknight — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:51:56 +0000

Mike, put your hands out, drop the Accusatory Flippant White Liberal Guilt and step away from the keyboard. In your rush to dismiss Mac owners as either black-turtleneck wearing, Galois-smoking artistes or vapid status-conscious yuppies, you completely (dis)miss those of us who own them because they generally just work.
I can start an xterm, use GCC, OpenOffice and iTunes doesn’t bitch at me about crufty DLLs when I want to listen to some music. What’s not to love ?

I’m so tired of this “People buy Apple because it’s a status symbol” canard. I own a Mac because it works and it lasts. This is only the second Mac in 7 years I’ve owned. Compare that to the 12-16 months I’ve gotten out of various PC craptops. Macs run UNIX at their core, come with sensible system defaults and don’t require nearly the setup or post-purchase tweaking that a Windows or Linux system does. My Mac travels around in my backpack all the time, functional, yet hidden away from all those who you think I seek to impress with it. I don’t ask my stuff to impress people. I just ask it to work.

By: Does Chrome OS Have a Fighting Chance? | google android os blog

Does Chrome OS Have a Fighting Chance? | google android os blog — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:34:21 +0000

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By: Finance Geek » Great to see some competition/innovation in search

Finance Geek » Great to see some competition/innovation in search — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:11:07 +0000

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By: Cheese

Cheese — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:59:01 +0000

Wow, when exactly did it become perfectly fine and legitimate to bundle an OS with a browser? And I’m not even talking of a search of your hard disk being extended to cloud searches.

I do see a eels way out. The browser is free, the OS is free, the search is free. So what am I complaining about? That we pay for everything else. Yes we all pay unwittingly for the money machine that is triggered by ad words. To catch the eel, someone will have to make a case for exploiting the monopoly in search space for well..extending it to the internet of devices.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!