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- by Mr. Dee July 9, 2009 10:06 AM PDT
- I find it strange you are ignoring the Chrome OS hoopla. I really want to hear your thoughts Matt.
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- by jeffromiller July 9, 2009 11:38 AM PDT
- I have a feeling that maybe this post was related...I think Matt is either nervous or upset that Google is going to be creating another flavor of Linux to complete with the "chosen one" of Red Hat. (I think he did post something yesterday on this - to the point of why didn't Google just gobble up and build on the sucesses of other Linux distros like Ubuntu...which I tend to agree with...but then, that wouldn't line up with Google's plan for world domination of all information)
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- by Matt Asay July 9, 2009 1:07 PM PDT
- Um...I posted on it yesterday, and have been tweeting that I'm already bored with it. I think it's great Google is launching an OS, though I wish they'd openly state that they pulled it from Ubuntu, and I think they're going to find that it's a non-trivial task to beat Microsoft on its home turf, even by trying to change the name of the desktop game as Chrome OS purports to do.
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