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Are Google and Amazon the Next Great Hope for the (Linux) Desktop?
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| This opportunity is the same for Linux as it is for Mac. If you are no longer
| dependent on your desktop operating system for tight application integration
| you have a lot more freedom in your desktop platform. That opens the door for
| Linux. Frankly, I use an Apple OS X desktop (which supports my EVDO card) for
| my work laptop but much of the time I prefer the quick response of my Ubuntu
| operating system running on a Dell laptop which costs about one-third of the
| what my Mac Book Pro does. With a little tweaking and growing hardware
| support (for me it’s support for my Verizon EVDO card) I see Linux desktops
| like the AsusEEE being a good alternative to one running Windows. If all your
| apps are in the network it’s likely you could use inexpensive desktop
| computers at work running Linux and ultra-mobile PCs on the road. I don’t
| expect a massive migration to Linux or Mac from Windows. I just envision a
| opportunity for a greater and more realistic number of choices for desktop
| computing.
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http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/05/20/are-google-and-amazon-the-next-great-hope-for-the-linux-desktop/
http://tinyurl.com/5ftzps
And then there's Android... (see bottom)
Don't Ask About the Smartphones, Symbian CEO Says
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| "One of the things we are focusing on far more now [is], don't talk about the
| smartphone marketplace, internally and externally, just talk about the
| overall phone market," Clifford said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146092/dont_ask_about_the_smartphones_symbian_ceo_says.html
Recent:
Is Google Android the Next Windows?
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| On the flip side, Good Android (here’s a video demo) is a cross-platform
| software environment that multiple hardware vendors and service providers are
| expected to embrace. Although Android isn’t fully baked, Google is
| aggressively promoting the operating environment to third party developers.
| The idea is to get developers on board early, so that tons of Android
| applications are ready when Android-compatible devices finally debut.
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| [...]
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| Eventually, The VAR Guy suspects, Android devices will easily leapfrog
| iPhone’s market share. But that’s not a terrible thing for Apple. Although
| Apple nearly died on the desktop, Apple’s more recent innovations prove that
| you can thrive even when you hold less than 10 percent of a technology
| market.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/03/20/is-google-android-the-next-windows/
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