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Doctor Glyndwr
 Post subject: The FT reports Google is abandoning Windows on the desktop
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 0:50 
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Crikey:
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New hires are now given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system. “Linux is open source and we feel good about it,” said one employee. “Microsoft we don’t feel so good about.”
(hat tip to DaringFireball)
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sinister agent
 Post subject: Re: The FT reports Google is abandoning Windows on the desktop
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 19:29 
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Read: Microsoft are the competition, and this will fuck them up more.

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 Post subject: Re: The FT reports Google is abandoning Windows on the desktop
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 19:36 
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I was a little surprised that they were ever running Windows on the desktop, frankly.

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TheVision
 Post subject: Re: The FT reports Google is abandoning Windows on the desktop
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 21:29 
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How long before we see a Google operating system then? With mostly white backgrounds...
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Bluecup
 Post subject: Re: The FT reports Google is abandoning Windows on the desktop
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 21:41 
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TheVision wrote:
How long before we see a Google operating system then? With mostly white backgrounds...


Later in the year
http://lifehacker.com/5553465/google-sa ... -late-fall

Basically a quick booting linux system that just runs chrome.
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