Google should make a Linux
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| Could a Googleux be successful? It would have to allow users to do
| useful work without a network connection. It would have to be
| able to read and write existing Microsoft file types, with PDF
| thrown in for bonus points. It would have to be open enough to
| allow companies to port their applications and hardware to it.
| Finally, it would have to be something that PC manufacturers
| would support with more than lip service - a distribution on
| a hard drive, with the user able to select/switch from it
| or Windows Vista.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37713
Similar question arise when IBM is mentioned. They have just launched two
Linux projects. They seem to adopt SUSE, which they helped Novell acquire.
Related:
Google gets Slack with software updates
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| Maintaining a large number of Linux servers to power its search
| and Web application services is at the heart of Google's business
| and, until now, has remained a closely guarded secret.
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| [...]
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| Rather than relying on standard Linux operating system packages,
| Google developed its own software, dubbed "Slack", and released it
| as an open source project a year ago but Still said this is the
| first time the search giant has talked about it publicly.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1814790366&rid=-50
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