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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/08/microsoft-set-to-respond-to-google-os-next-monday
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Alias
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Bill Yanaire
Alias said:http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/07/08/microsoft-set-to-respond-to-google-os-next-monday
Enjoy! I know I did!
Alias
First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited. Second, it will be
geared towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version.
Anyway it's at least 18 months away. Now you have another hard-on
because there is more pressure on Microsoft to produce better products.
Maybe you can start a new "Noble Mission"!
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Alias
Bill said:First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited. Second, it will be
geared towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version.
Anyway it's at least 18 months away. Now you have another hard-on
because there is more pressure on Microsoft to produce better products.
Maybe you can start a new "Noble Mission"!
It will start with Netbooks but it will also run on desktops and
laptops. Google has more money than I or Canonical for the mission. Most
people have not heard of Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE or Ubuntu but guess what,
they HAVE heard of Google and the fact that it will be bulletproof
compared to Windows regarding malware, it may take off like a rocket.
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R
ray
First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited. Second, it will be
geared towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version.
Two sentences and you've contradicted yourself ('is free' 'will be') that
may be a record!
Anyway it's at least 18 months away. Now you have another hard-on
because there is more pressure on Microsoft to produce better products.
Has to be some before there can be 'more'.
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Over Easy, ESQ
What is the contradiction? The first sententence states that the product isray said:Two sentences and you've contradicted yourself ('is free' 'will be') that
may be a record!
free. The second says what it's going to be.
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Eric
There are non-MS OS's already, so there has been some pressure on them toray said:Two sentences and you've contradicted yourself ('is free' 'will be') that
may be a record!
Has to be some before there can be 'more'.
produce a better OS, though it seems Linux is still only really used by
computer geeks and the ones I know of have another machine with an MS OS
installed.
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Alias
What is the contradiction? The first sententence states that the product is
free. The second says what it's going to be.
At first it will be geared towards netbooks as a preinstalled OS. It
will also run on laptops and desktops. You say "stripped down version".
How can anything that hasn't been created yet be stripped down? Stripped
down from what?
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Bill Yanaire
Alias said:At first it will be geared towards netbooks as a preinstalled OS. It will
also run on laptops and desktops. You say "stripped down version". How can
anything that hasn't been created yet be stripped down? Stripped down from
what?
Alias
Not a full OS like Windows 7. It will have the basic functionality to
navigate the web and local files but won't have most of the other features
of Windows. If they want it fast it will need to be lean.
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Alias
Bill said:Not a full OS like Windows 7. It will have the basic functionality to
navigate the web and local files but won't have most of the other features
of Windows.
Like what, WPA? WGA? Viruses? Spyware? Internet Exploder? Windows Fail?
LOL!
If they want it fast it will need to be lean.
Ubuntu is fast and the new ext4 boots up in less than 25 seconds. Do you
always comment on that which you do not know? Yes, you do, constantly.
Alias
R
ray
What is the contradiction? The first sententence states that the
product is free. The second says what it's going to be.
If you can't tell the difference between 'is' and 'will be' you need to
go back to grammar school.
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ray
There are non-MS OS's already, so there has been some pressure on them
to produce a better OS, though it seems Linux is still only really used
by computer geeks and the ones I know of have another machine with an MS
OS installed.
You completely missed my point. There is currently very little or no
pressure on MS. At least that is the way they proceed to do business. BTW
- I know a whole host of 'non-geeks' using Linux. We have Linux on 13 of
the 14 public access internet computers at the local library. Folks have
been using them for over four years and zero complaints to date - a
sizable number of them seem to be unaware they're not useing an MS
product. And, for the record, we have six home computers networked
together. One of them may be capable of booting XP - I'm not sure because
I haven't tried since we got it (immediately installed Linux on it and
that's what we've used). We've been 100% Linux for over five years.
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Bill Yanaire
ray said:If you can't tell the difference between 'is' and 'will be' you need to
go back to grammar school.
I asked you about the contradition and you can't provide an answer.
Speaking out of your ass again?
Again, how did I contracdict myself? You can't answer can you?
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Eric
Allow me to explain in plain English.Bill Yanaire said:I asked you about the contradition and you can't provide an answer.
Speaking out of your ass again?
Again, how did I contracdict myself? You can't answer can you?
You said:
"First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited. Second, it will be
geared towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version."
The sentence "First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited." means
Google has produced an OS. The sentence "Second, it will be geared towards
notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version." means Google will
release an OS. You appear to be referring to the same product, yet you've
combined present tense with future tense. As far as I know, Google hasn't
released any OS, and has one planned for release next year. So, to make
your statements true you should have said "First of all the Google OS will
be FREE and very limited. Second, it will be geared towards notebooks so it
is probably a very stripped down version."
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Charles Tomaras
ray said:BTW
- I know a whole host of 'non-geeks' using Linux. We have Linux on 13 of
the 14 public access internet computers at the local library. Folks have
been using them for over four years and zero complaints to date - a
sizable number of them seem to be unaware they're not useing an MS
product. And, for the record, we have six home computers networked
together. One of them may be capable of booting XP - I'm not sure because
I haven't tried since we got it (immediately installed Linux on it and
that's what we've used). We've been 100% Linux for over five years.
I'll put in another vote that the only place I've ever seen Linux users is
on a tech related newsgroup. I don't know anyone who actually uses it, don't
see them at the coffee shop, on jobs or in their homes. All seems to be
Windows or Mac that I see in the real world.
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Bill Yanaire
Eric said:Allow me to explain in plain English.
You said:
"First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited. Second, it will be
geared towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version."
The sentence "First of all the Google OS is FREE and very limited." means
Google has produced an OS. The sentence "Second, it will be geared
towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version." means
Google will release an OS. You appear to be referring to the same
product, yet you've combined present tense with future tense. As far as I
know, Google hasn't released any OS, and has one planned for release next
year. So, to make your statements true you should have said "First of all
the Google OS will be FREE and very limited. Second, it will be geared
towards notebooks so it is probably a very stripped down version."
OK so I should have said that the OS will be free. Big deal. I don't
remember reading anywhere that posts will be graded!
My English lession for today!
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Alias
Bill said:I wasn't talking about Ubuntu. I was talking about the new Google OS. My
statement is true. If they want it to boot in seconds then it must be lean.
Ubuntu isn't "lean" but a full operating system.
Simple as that. Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill. Anyway we will
see what it's made of soon.
You're mistaken again.
Alias
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Bill Yanaire
Alias said:Ubuntu isn't "lean" but a full operating system.
Sure. A full operating system that most people don't want or need. Get
over it. Ubuntu is free and still is on very few desktops out there.
People reject the FREE OS because it doesn't run their programs. Simple.
Wrong. I am not mistaken. You are.You're mistaken again.
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Alias
Bill said:Sure. A full operating system that most people don't want or need.
False.
Get
over it.
Nothing to get over.
Ubuntu is free and still is on very few desktops out there.
People reject the FREE OS because it doesn't run their programs. Simple.
The issue was whether or nor Chrome would be "full" or "lean". You
mistakenly said it *had* to be lean. I gave an example that proves you
wrong and you start your parrot act.
Wrong. I am not mistaken. You are.
See above and apologize if you're man enough (you're not).
Alias
R
ray
I asked you about the contradition and you can't provide an answer.
Speaking out of your ass again?
Again, how did I contracdict myself? You can't answer can you?
You contradicted yourself by telling us what it 'is' then speaking of
what it 'will be' when it hasn't even been released yet. I don't know how
I can make it any more clear, but then you can't teach calculus to the
janitor's cat, either.
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ray
I'll put in another vote that the only place I've ever seen Linux users
is on a tech related newsgroup. I don't know anyone who actually uses
it, don't see them at the coffee shop, on jobs or in their homes. All
seems to be Windows or Mac that I see in the real world.
You're more than welcome to visit the Portneuf District Library, for one
- there are a multitude of other examples.
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