<div dir="ltr">This will be a platform for Google Apps.<br><br>IMHO it is strategic and necessary for Google to own its own cross o/s platform.<br><br>As Google Apps increasingly begin to suck away at MS revenue stream, MS will attempt to kill them as it has done in the past to others.<br> <br>With their own platform, this should be easier to prevent.<br><br>That it is open source is a great plus.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Andrew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keen101@gmail.com">keen101@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">I think it's good to have more choices, it will foster creativity. And since it's open source it will probably eventually help everyone (if it has anything unique). I probably won't use it, but it's a neat idea.<br> <br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26519075" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26519075</a><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:57 PM, W S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ws3reg@gmail.com" target="_blank">ws3reg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Does anyone else see the folly of building Google up into the Wal-Mart<br> of the internet?<br> <br> I don't know, if it doesn't have Adblock and Noscript, it's a<br> non-starter for me.<br> <div><div></div><div><br> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Michael TheZorch Haney<br> <<a href="mailto:thezorch@gmail.com" target="_blank">thezorch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Their working on their own web browser completely from scratch, and its<br> > open source.  There is some promising stuff seen in this article on what<br> > exactly this new browser can do.  They've also built a new Javascript<br> > engine from scratch using the open source Java code.  Though there's no<br> > mention of it here a Google search has found references to this being<br> > ported to all operating systems; ie, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and<br> > possibly Android (Google's Linux OS for cellphones).<br> ><br> > <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10029914-2.html" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10029914-2.html</a><br> ><br> > --<br> > Michael "TheZorch" Haney<br> > <a href="mailto:thezorch@gmail.com" target="_blank">thezorch@gmail.com</a><br> > <a href="http://thezorch.googlepages.com/home" target="_blank">http://thezorch.googlepages.com/home</a><br> > SypeName: thezorch<br> > AIM: <a href="mailto:thezorch@gmail.com" target="_blank">thezorch@gmail.com</a><br> > Yahoo IM: zorchhaney<br> > ICQ: 343230252<br> > GoogleTalk: thezorch<br> > MSN Messeger: <a href="mailto:haneymichael@hotmail.com" target="_blank">haneymichael@hotmail.com</a><br> > Free You Computer from the Tyranny of Microsoft <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">www.ubuntu.com</a><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > Ubuntu-us-co mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-co" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-co</a><br> ><br> <br> --<br> Ubuntu-us-co mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-co" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-co</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>Please avoid sending me Word attachments. Especially files with the ".docx" extension.<br>See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a><br> Instead please try a more friendly format like PDF or <a href="http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/</a><br> </div> <br>--<br> Ubuntu-us-co mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-co" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-co</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div>