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Date: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 14:35
Subject: Google abandons windows...
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:42 -0700
From: Alan Dayley <
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Subject: "Google Abandons Windows..."
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Interesting. And makes sense!
http://mashable.com/2010/05/31/google-windows/
Alan
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I agree.
(bottom posting "because I can")
If one could use a F/LOSS O.S., why wouldn't they?
If/when I am using a "closed source" OS (never mind apps!), then there is
INHERENTLY more potential for my PC to do what SOMEONE ELSE wants it to do
(a virus author, a malware author, a wannabe advertiser, etc etc etc.), vs.
what I want it to do.
(not even to mention the authors of key loggers... !)
I own that machine. I paid for it.
(though it cost less than the annual price for my ISP!)
So, I'd prefer it to do what *I* want, not what someone else wants it to
do.
Why would Google be any different?
The main difference between them, and "ordinary" users, is that they tend to
be tech savvy. (and, SMART in general).
So I agree.
--
Mike Schwartz
Glendale AZ
schwartz@acm.org
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My tag sums it up for me...and would fit in this case.
Since IBM's contract with Lenovo ended, they have been replacing
desktops/laptops? with Macs as from my understanding company policy.
gk
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Remember it's not that we have something to hide, we just have nothing
we want to show.
---Keep tunnelling.
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