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To: bentway who wrote (451291)	1/26/2009 8:38:12 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575037

>> It's long been rumored that they are doing a lightweight OS that just connects you to their net stuff. It is a rather obvious direction for them. As they've rolled out the ability for users to store documents, email, and photos, they've pretty much done it all except for music. While my laptop stays at home, I take my netbook everywhere I go. And there really isn't a thing I can't do with it. MSFT's OS could easily become superfluous for many users, very quickly. I was at my local office supply yesterday and they had four different netbook models. A month ago, NONE. It is clear that GOOG will soon be adding a "log-me-in" type facility to allow access to your desktop from anywhere. It will be free and will kill Cisco's and Logmein.com's and similar offerings. GOOG will own the IT business one day.

To: bentway who wrote (451291)	1/26/2009 8:48:12 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575037

Bentway, > MS is much less of a monopoly than Intel. It's got Apple, Linux and Google all competing for it's OS space. Hmmm, never thought of it that way. It used to be that everything had to run on Microsoft. Intel, AMD, Via, Cyrix all had to run Windows (and later Linux). Microsoft stagnates and releases that nightmare of an OS called Vista. Apple capitalizes with those very funny "Mac vs. PC" commercials. Linux of course is the de facto standard for servers and workstations. And now Google is an up-n-coming player in software. Meanwhile Cyrix and Via fall off the map. AMD isn't too far behind. Intel wins over Apple in a surprise move. Intel is pushing hard into Netbooks and maybe one day cell phones. Intel could even take over graphics and get a game console design win again. Yeah, I can see Intel being a bigger "monopoly" than Microsoft. Oh well, sucks to be M$ ... Tenchusatsu