OT Chrome OS next year

[Mario Guenterberg]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 10:22:23AM +0100, james mcm wrote:
> I'm really worried that the shift to web applications might leave Free
> Software in the dust, sure we have the AGPL but  it's barely used and so we
> start miles behind our proprietary competitors.
> 
> Sure it might seem nice that Google is contributing a new Windowing System
> but keep in mind that they are not a Free company (GTalk for example is
> proprietary), and this might be a push to web applications - which they will
> still retain the source code for. Read  The Javascript
> Trap<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html>- when I first
> read it, I thought it wouldn't be an issue for years, but now
> I think Stallman must be a clairvoyant.
> 
> (Sorry if I did it wrong, this is my first time replying to a mailing list)

I don't think he's a clairvoyant, but he knows what he says and what
he does. Another good example is the actually discussion about Mono
and C#.

I think Google, as worldwide operating multinational concern,
follows his own targets and will dominate the entire market.

This is, in my mind, the only challange for another Linux based OS,
comming from Google.

What to amuse me, is the fact, lets say in german, that all(most) running
like the lemmings _hinter dem Rattenfaenger_...

Greetings
Mario

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