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Gann
11/13/09

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Wow. Timed with the release of their new open-source programming language, this looks like a pretty massive, possibly game-changing move by Google. #chromeos
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quantumbits
11/13/09

@Gann: Holy #*&#! If their build and run time estimates are true, then it is indeed a game changer. The summary I read left me with the impression that its what I was hoping Java would be a decade ago (cognizant that Go isn't an interpretive language). I guess I'm not totally surprised: the Google folks are big on Javascript (and Python internally), so it makes sense to create something that borrows heavily from both. #chromeos
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Gann
11/13/09

@quantumbits: Yes, they would be fools not to learn from the languages they built themselves on. And the Googles do not seem like fools.

It will be interesting to see if/how long it stays open-source. #chromeos
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bagellord
11/13/09

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Can't wait for this. I wonder if it will run on my MBP or at least boot into a virtual machine. #chromeos
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jmcm
11/13/09

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is the chrome os still going to be a cloud operating system? #chromeos
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tande04
11/13/09

@jmcm: yep #chromeos
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jmcm
11/13/09

@tande04: That's pretty cool. I'm guessing there will be support for programs that already can run on any linux client? But for the most part, if i boot my computer with chrome OS it'll just be a really integrated web browser with google docs (which i think is kinda neat, especially since i don't play video games on my laptop and i mainly use it to surf the web. If i could get around the slow boot time from windows, and have a real speedy os to surf on... :) )? #chromeos
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LazyPanda
11/13/09

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If it's true... Google has been running this a little secretively. Not to Apple levels, sure, but they seem to be leaving a little of their radical openness behind. #chromeos
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tande04
11/13/09

@LazyPanda: How so? Its pretty much the normal super long beta. #chromeos
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imaria
09/01/09

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That's some pretty radical speculation coming off of a login manager.
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Jux
09/01/09

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Hasn't the EU sort of set the precendent on how friendly this type of stuff is? I don't see Google going down that road.
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Scazza
09/01/09

@Jux: Yeah, if they cut of MS balls for being much less evil, I would love to see how they go after google for this.
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LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
07/17/09

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No photo reference? Oh my!

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/chromeremixes/1003530436
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dingus
07/16/09

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If Google thinks native apps are archaic, then why did they just release the Android Native Development Kit?
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tande04
07/16/09

@dingus: Also I think that everything they're talking about is years down the road.

They've got to have something to fill in the mean time. You can't throw all the eggs in one basket. Launch a web app only phone now would work about as well as it did for the iPhone.

I think that ubiquitous 4G coverage is going to be the key factor before you start seeing any of this.
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k-napped
07/16/09

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I would think that, instead of dividing up Google's (albeit considerable) resources with Chrome OS and Android, they should concentrate on one or the other. I can see a lot of consumer confusion if both Android and Chrome OS phones sit next to each other.

Non-tech people are already confused between WebOS, the BB OS, WiMO, iPhone OS, Android, [insert random other OS here]... The market is just going to be too saturated with OS's. I think that only a few OS's are going to come out on top and Google may learn that lesson the hard way.

Apple will be on top... but who else with it?
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tande04
07/16/09

@k-napped: I don't think its going to be an issue.

I don't think any of this is a "next year we'll have android and ChromeOS phones side by side at T-mobile". Its all a ways off.

Think of it like what they originally tried doing with the iPhone. You don't have native apps, you've got web apps that will do everything. Just as he said, it was a bit early. Android is going to power the phone, Chrome OS is the underlying power for everything "on" the phone (though its really going to be in the cloud). Thats why they've got to be working on both at the same time.
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Xeno
07/16/09

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I really don't think people are going to want all their data on the cloud. There are some things that just don't need to and shouldn't be out there. Even if it were a good idea to put all your data and applications on the web there are significant issues with carriers capping bandwidth and outages in general. If your internet goes down you basically loose your entire computer.
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k-napped
07/16/09

@Xeno: I agree. I don't like the idea of all my work in the cloud. I've got thousands of dollars of design and art done over years... do I want to trust external servers only for this?

I think not. And I think many people would agree with that.
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UnderLoK
07/16/09

@Xeno: While I think it will happen eventually (when internet access is like power, gasoline, or a coffee) I still think it is way too soon to go this route.

I doubt I will ever be comfortable storing my personal information on some cloud that I have no control over. It just seems like a disaster waiting to happen (for now).
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tande04
07/16/09

@k-napped: I disagree with both of you. Those are part of the reason for the switch to cloud computing.

Even with your back ups of your art work something could happen. Hard drive crashes and you've got your back ups but you're still relying on physical preservation of digital data which is the problem. There could be a fire at your house, the bank where you keep the HD could get robbed, even just the fact that they're showing now many of the media people were using for back-up is degrading faster then it was ever assumed.

Its all more abstract in the cloud. I don't have a back-up of my work but its strung out on 50 different server sites all of which are redundant systems in place, etc.

I think we're a ways off from it and thats why people have trouble with it. Once more of the ground work is there I don't think people will even think twice about the fact that they don't "have" their data.
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OCEntertainment
07/16/09

@Xeno: You're absolutely right. I know anytime that I see potential difficulties in a project, I *immediately* shut the entire thing down.

They're issues to overcome, not crippling problems that are going to destroy the world.
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tande04
07/16/09

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He could just be talking in the abstract.

I think all data is going in that direction at some point. Yes your smartphone's contacts, apps, media, everything else is going to be in the cloud and accessed through "a browser" (though I'm sure we'll stop calling it that at some point).

So yeah, its all going to overlap because at some point it all isn't really going to matter anymore. The question is how far away that day is, its still a ways off I think.
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EncNone
07/16/09

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Android has a much better name, chrome should be integrated into rather than integrated into
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Nick
07/16/09

@EncNone: say wha'?
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TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
07/11/09

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Wow... does that ever bring back memories. And I *knew* AmigaOS and BeOS would be on the list. I'm surprised GEM (also known as AtariOS, but they were just one users of it) wasn't on the list.

I'm not sure I'd call CP/M a *failed* OS. It was a major OS in its day. It's more than the computer world moved on from the paradigms that defined it. In the same way, I think it's a wee bit too early to say desktop Linux has failed, although I certainly get their point.

It HAS been "The Year of Unix/Linux" for a LONG time now...
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Barry99705
07/11/09

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That's cool. My first "real" computer ran OS/2. I've also played around with BeOs.
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dlomax
07/11/09

@Barry99705: What did your non-real computers run? I'm looking for a joke involving virtual computers or unicorns and rainbows.
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Con Seannery
07/11/09

@dlomax: OS i...
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Barry99705
07/11/09

@dlomax: C-64 and an Atari 520 ST.
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omnomnomnom
07/11/09

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Umm, Inferno/Plan 9 is very alive and well. It just didn't live up to the initial expectation in the workstation OS space.
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dingus
07/11/09

@omnomnomnom: Sure, and next year is the year of HURD!
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