Bruce Bostwick wrote: > > (As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice > that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a > shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into > something that can displace Windows as a full-functioning OS, > there's a possibility that Microsoft has bitten off more than it > can chew in picking this particular fight. If Google is successful > enough with this, it may finally push MS into a position where it > has little choice but to migrate to a Unix-based core and GUI model > like *everyone* else in the market. At a time not of their > choosing, unlike Apple's beautifully timed migration from OS 9 to > OS X.) > That would be chaos!!! Linux and Linux-likes are safe now because since 90% of desktops runs Windows, 99.9% of the virus-spam mafia targets Windows.
If M$ moves to Linux, then Linux will never be safe again :-( Not to mention that changing Windows virtual monopoly to *Nix monopoly is _very bad_ for the development of new techs. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
