Do We Need Another Monoculture?
 

<http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/google_chrome_os/>

Forgetting, of course, that if we have more than one, then it can’t be a
monoculture, can it?

Yes, they’re going to lock down the off-the-shelf distribution to prevent
customers freely adding software from other sources. But it is still Open
Source, so you should be able to “jailbreak” your phone/netbook/whatever as
simply as, say, booting it off a customized OS image stored on a USB flash
drive. And the vendor isn’t going to see that as a security hole and put out
a patch to block it.

At least, that’s how I expect it would work.

Re: Do We Need Another Monoculture?
 

In message <4b0767d2$1@news.orcon.net.nz>, vitw wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:30:33 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> At least, that’s how I expect it would work.
>
> Google's motto is (presently): Don't be evil.
>
> Interpretation: Don't be visibly evil to the detriment of shareholders.

Certainly if they try to pull a Tivo, there will be a lot of people
displeased.

Re: Do We Need Another Monoculture?
 

Somewhere on teh intarwebs vitw wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:30:33 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> At least, that's how I expect it would work.
>
> Google's motto is (presently): Don't be evil.
>
> Interpretation: Don't be visibly evil to the detriment of
> shareholders.

Google will rule the world one day. It might pay to be careful what you say,
they have lots of data storage space.....
--
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