OT Chrome OS next year

[Odd]

Mario Guenterberg wrote:
> 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_...

Better Google dominating the market, rather than Microsoft.
Though I believe it will be a long time before Microsoft is
dethroned. Google at least is contributing resources and
code to the open source world.

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Odd