Err, haha? That's not funny. What would be funny is if Google failed, you'd have to go buy all of your discs again. You too. Read above.
Not really. This could all fall through, you know. Google could suffer a major crisis. Anything can happen. You're all counting your chicks before they hatch.
] Its at the moment largely vaporware so How can you make any assessment of what viruses its "not riddled with". Again your blind Microsoft hatred is showing.
Absolutely false! You can download the source at GoogleCode. It's not current but it's there. It's based on Linux. Linux has far fewer problems with viruses than Windows has ever had or ever will. Known. Provable. Verifiable. No. I don't let Microsoft tell me what to think. The facts are there. Windows is a virus magnet. You know that. That's why you MUST have anti-virus on it. NO other operating system does. NO other operating system gets virus/trojans within minutes of getting online like Windows does. YOU know that. EVERYONE knows that's true. There is no "blind hatred" of anything. It's the truth! And maybe you don't want to know the truth.
Only if you're a complete fucktard who doesn't know how to use a computer. I have absolutely no anti virus since I got Windows 7 Beta. No viruses.
And before that you wouldn't dare. I'd like to comment on Windows7 but I haven't looked into it yet. Needless to say, running Windows without anti-virus does make you "a complete fucktard".
I said largely and its Absolutely true. this Os is in its infancy just announced and not to be released for another year plus. It is patent nonsense for you to claim that it is not riddled with viruses. its not even out in the wild. Comparing a released piece of software to something not even finished is - sorry - illogical. and far VERY FAR fewer users. Again - Illogical. the future cannot be verifiable. You can't say what all future versions of Windows will bring no more than you can say what all future versions of Linux will bring. At the end of the day Linux and Apple have failed in one key area. they have both been PROVEN (verified ) to be less useful to the majority of PC owners. Someone listening to you would believe that none of the alternative platforms have ever had viruses. perhaps you do. Microsoft haters are controlled by their being Anti to Microsoft. If Microsoft says yes they are constrained to say no. Classic reverse control. News flash. Most of us don't give a rip about one platform over the other we just want to use our systems, do our work and get on with life. If someone puts out a piece of software that allows me to run whatever I want or the most options available I'll go with that. To this date - FACT - that has been Windows. Thats one of the key reasons Windows is targeted - because its the top dog. No one wants to write a virus to target the 12 people running linux on a desktop. I love Mac but theres just too much useful software I can't run on it properly or natively. No microsoft lover here but no hater that has to shoot down everything Microsoft either. Far more important things to be passionate about in this life than software
Since they're not released yet I can't make further comment, but what I experienced using any google products, I believe they can beat windows and the A+ point is they're freeware. Just flashback when firefox beat IE
Only partly true. It's based on Linux and all of Google is based on Linux. Hardly an infant. Google has much experience with it and anything to come out is probably interface related between all their products, the browsers, etc. My original post said Windows is riddled with viruses but I'll say it here: Linux is NOT riddled with virusees and ChromeOS, based on Linux, is not either and Googles online experience will further that since it's a web OS and Google is a large part of the web. Windows, past and present, is known as the least secure OS on the planet. Linux, past and present, is known as the most secure OS on the planet. Nothing to compare. Like I said, I haven't bothered to look into Windows7 problems but I guess I should. On the desktop but it dominates everywhere else. Windows7 is based on Vista. It's not a total rewrite of the OS. ALL versions of Linux are based on the same kernel. The majority of "PC owners" are amateurs and novices. The majority of professional computer users use *nix. Even if they start with Windows, cause they grew up with it, they eventually gravitate toward *nix. It's written by programmers for programmers. Windows was created for mom and pop and all the kids games. [/quote] Someone listening to you would believe that none of the alternative platforms have ever had viruses. [/quote]You'd be hard pressed to find one that works in the wild today, young man, compared to the thousands for Windows today. To the contrary, you are most Windows users are unaware of what goes on outside the Microsoft universe and can't understand why *nix users grasp their heads in a wtf moment. Apparently that's not true since you are here now. Let's put it this way, I can run all my *nix programs and all your Windows programs on my *nix box, but you can't run many of my *nix programs on your Windows box. So, from my angle, Windows is limiting what I can do. And I'm not even talking about the technical aspects. The number is in the millions but, again, you are showing you know nothing about *nix and how it works. A virus/trojan cannot execute on a *nix machine like they do on Windows. I'd explain why but it's waaayyy over your head. Such as? There's a lot of Mac software that doesn't run on Windows, too, ya know. That's why I'm here. There is way too much misunderstanding and flat out BS that people say about *nix. 99% of everyone on DP hasn't a clue how *nix works but they're the first in line to say Windows is better because it has pretty blinking lights without knowing anything about what's under the hood. It's like buying a car cause it looks good but not checking Consumer Reports about its repair record. Then, when it breaks down all the time, you think all cars are like that, and it's better to look good than to feel good. Want an example of what a real OS can do? Try this: from your computer, access your friends computer and run one of his programs, say Microsoft Word, from yours. I don't mean use Remote Desktop. I mean Word is running on his computer, in the background so he doesn't even know you are on it. Of course you don't need Word on your own system to do this. Create a doc and save it on another friend's computer in another part of the world. Now, open 10 instances of Word on your computer at the same time and switch back and forth from each one as you create more docs. Securely of course and, like I said, without Remote Desktop (which isn't the same thing) and without even having Word installed on your own computer. Can you do that with Windows? Why not? How about this: retrieve a web page from a site on a schedule, extract certain keywords, save those in a file and email them to 10 friends. Do this with 10 lines of some Windows script, like VBScript and no other code. Can you do that on Windows? Why not? Here's an easy one: retrieve a web page from a site using VBScript and print it on a secondary printer without interrupting the primary printer from printing. What? You say you can't do that? Why not? I do all those things in my line of work on *nix so why can't you?
Don't know where to start with all the silliness of Microsoft hatred Chrome OS is not simply another repackaging of Linux. Give it a break. Well by that rationality Windows 7 a year ago wasn't riddled with viruses either. Strange thing about viruses - they are usually written for software that is actually released and being used by the public. no need to. Guaranteed if MS makes it you will hate it. Servers are everywhere else . Yes there we go the obligatory put down of anyone that doesn't hate MS with your passion Yep. Major corporations,., Fortune 500 companies and multitudes of organizations are all busily playing games right now. I mean Office alone is one great cover so that when bosses walk by they won't know employees are playing Halo. Don't presume to know me or my age laddie. I work almost exclusively with PHP not .net and have for awhile. I just don't have the luxury of your hatred. My customers use IE and in my line of business I have to satisfy real people using real products that they find useful not pontificate like purist who don't have to concern himself with front end stuff. I would love to work with just one browser and it would render just like Firefox. Notice? All open source stuff. So why do I object? because I have a love affair with MS? Nope. Like I said life is too short and important to get passionate about software. Great lovers of an OS and haters of an OS in my opinion need to get a life. customers buy what they want and use what they want and a professional lives with that and caters to the market which sorry - FACT - has voted by their dollars to give that spot to the evil MS empire. and you are showing your entirely misguided passion over a piece of software because I never knocked Unix, Mac (which if you let your blood pressure return to normal I said I liked) LInux or anything else. I merely commented on the obvious. Windows is the most used OS on the planet. Live with it. Who the junk said windows is better? better for what is a more intelligent question? I run my server with Unix commands son. I utillize servers right now all running Linux. the designer part of me LOVES the Mac and yeah I like the general utility of Windows along with its huge selection and variety of programs. So what? Picking up a trend here? I utilize all the technology around me in my life - not make the technology my life. I don't have to marry one and have a gun fight with MS at high noon over one or the other. get a grip. going all wacko over one piece of technology over the other is just nuts. Want to hear a fact? I've been working on computers for two decades and I have had a virus on my system once. Never on Windows95 , Never on XP. Windows has been very useful to me and the entire industry warts and all and no matter how you whine, complain and weep its going to be that way for a long while. Just as server swill trend toward Linux and designers toward Mac. So what? Life is a box of chocolates. Don't want one with caramel in the middle pick another. No need to dedicate yourself to showing us all how we should only eat one kind of the chocolate in the box and identify one particular chocolate as evil .
Oh? What does Google have to say: Under the hood: Windows 7 is Vista's Twin See what I mean. You have blinders on. You can't see beyond your monitor. Or perhaps your cell phone (runs Linux?). Or 77% of the internet. Most university research. Most of Hollywood. And on and on. Typical response. Anything that's the truth is "Microsoft hatred" yet you can't come up with a counter claim. Are you going to say the opposite? That Computer Science is based on the technology of Windows? The rise of the internet and all current technology did NOT come from *nix but from Windows? Of course not. Because you can't. Windows was created for the average Joe. Windows is the family van. But no construction worker is going to take the family van to haul big rocks at the construction site. For that you use real, heavy duty equipment. Unix is the heavy lifter. I'm talking computer professionals, not the mom and pop at work. You ever see some of those people till they get used to the office apps? Hunt/peck and scared to death? That's who Windows is for. There you go again with the canned response. You need to educate them. As far as "real products" go, have you noticed that IE has lost 30% market share over the last 4 years? Have you noticed Firefox has gone from nothing to almost 25% usage over the last 4 years? And the trend show no sign of stopping. All the other modern browsers are increasing usage, too. That is why I want everyone to quit using Internet Explorer. I develop web sites. If IE would go away, it would save my customers 10% to 30% of billable time and me a lot of headaches. My complaints about the responses about ChromeOS are not anti-Microsoft as much as lack of knowledge on the part of those who made them and a desire to set the record straight. Like I said 99% of the people on DP have no business commenting on *nix. Today, Google announced earnings and beat estimates, growing again year over year and quarter over quarter. Microsoft, otoh, has had decreased earnings quarter over quarter and has already stated this whole year will be down. To repeat: Google earnings way up. Microsoft earnings way down, for a full year and more. Microsoft reports their earnings next week, I think. I believe you said something along the lines of only Windows runs the most popular software but I don't feel like going through everything to find out. Desktop OS. *nix is everywhere else except some real time systems. That comment was not necessarily directed at you if you re-read it. It sounds to me like 99% of everyone else here except you claim to use a Mac. Utilizing Linux servers does not tell me anything. Sign up with HostGator and you are "utilizing linux servers". It's my job. It's my hobby. I love it. Then why are you here defending MS? Like I said. If IE would go away, my work life would be better. I'm hoping ChromeOS helps IE disappear. That's my stand in this thread. I'll let others on this thread determine the truth in that. Here's my fact: I worked on the first CAT scanners in the late 70s, the first computer system I worked on. In the 1980s, I was system engineer at Silicon Graphics during the making of Jurassic Park. Before that I worked at Pixar designing their hardware (Yes, hardware. Did you know Pixar made hardware at one time?). Now I develop web sites including one of the largest fast food chains in the world and you know who it is. I run my own server farm on 10 FreeBSD boxes and, no, I am NOT a Linux user. I have one box I compile programs on that uses CentOS for those customers who use their own Linux host. My laptop runs FreeBSD. The only Windows box I have is an old crusty machine that's only turned on to test sites in Internet Explorer. And that's the facts, Jack.