Google To Sell HW w/ their own OS

[ktmexc20]

Huh?

Google branding their own box... to sell at Walmart... without Windoze!

Google's developing their own operating system.

Come to think of it, I think this is old news. I'll check the web.

 

[ktmexc20]

Wow, I guess this is kind of old news, but it looks like M$oft is gonna be seeing some serious rivalry in the near future. Here's a taste...

http://www.emergic.org/archives/2004/10/08/

Jason Kottke added: Google's real target is Windows. Who needs Windows when anyone can have free unlimited access to the world's fastest computer running the smartest operating system? Mobile devices don't need big, bloated OSes...they'll be perfect platforms for accessing the GooOS. Using Gnome and Linux as a starting point, Google should design an OS for desktop computers that's modified to use the GooOS and sell it right alongside Windows ($200) at CompUSA for $10/apiece (available free online of course). Google Office (Goffice?) will be built in, with all your data stored locally, backed up remotely, and available to whomever it needs to be (SubEthaEdit-style collaboration on Word/Excel/PowerPoint-esque documents is only the beginning). Email, shopping, games, music, news, personal publishing, etc.; all the stuff that people use their computers for, it's all there.

 

[ktmexc20]

This is really interesting too...

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20051117.html

Does M$oft even have a business model to compete with any of this? hmm... Don't think I'd be a future ms stock holder.

 

[onewaypockets]

This is great news...I would love to dump Microsoft and would do so in a heartbeat.

Everything Google I have tried is great...anyone using Google's Picasa? I love it...and free!

Even the hiring at Google is unconventional...interesting questions on their test given to applicants include

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3415911
"This space left intentionally blank. Please fill it with something that improves upon emptiness,"


and...

"What's the coolest hack you've ever written?" Another says: "What's broken with Unix? How would you fix it?"

 

[dis]

I already dumped Outlook e-Mail and Contacts in favor of Gmail, and am looking forward to Google's implementing a decent calendar/task list feature. It is much more convenient to keep information online, and be able to access it from any system capable of running a Web browser.

A simple, easy-to-configure OS, coupled with web-based apps, could challenge Windows' desktop dominance.