Two more things, I thoguht this was hilarious: http://valleywag.com/5045109/uh-oh-the-b+tards-got-their-hands-on-googles-chrome-comic
And the mainstream media contains enough grey areas to leave a cautious impression in the Mum and Dad user: http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/chrome-needs-more-polish/2008/09/04/1220121390718.html On Sep 4, 5:22 pm, sherod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft had that stack circa 1999 with Visual Studio and IE 4, it > all fell apart on the cross browser / interoperability thing. > > If Google is seriously intending to be The One True Stack for the web, > then they are doomed to fail, I think the internet generates anti- > bodies to kill off that kind of thing. > > Secondly, this stuff in the cloud thing has barely started yet, we've > seen what has happened with recent S3 outages or Gmail outages how the > cloud can fail despite the resourcing of some of the largest > practitioners of this concept. All the linear scaling and free/ > cheapness in the the world won't make up for the conversation with > your business owner that goes: > > Them: "Why is it not working?????" > You: "Google seems to be down" > Them: "When will it be back????" > You: "Um, I'll check their newsgroup to see what they say, I think we > get our $19.95 back if its out of order for more than a couple of > days....." > > Secondly, Google's evilness is in direct relationship to their > profitability and share price. If either goes south for an extended > period I would expect all that 'do not evil' to go out the window. > The adage that 'evil triumphs when good men (people) do nothing' > applies, I think its on our shoulders to call Google out at every > opportunity when we believe they cross the line - the recent Chrome > T&C's are a good example. > > Finally, it should be obvious I don't drink the Google cool-aid. I > think their efforts get a disproportionally high level of interest > relative to their actual innovation and, maybe like Apple, a lot of > the warts on their efforts get glossed over. > > On Sep 4, 12:05 pm, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's the very thing which was discussed in this weeks MacBreak > > weekly:http://twit.tv/mbw > > > /Casper > > > On Sep 4, 3:15 am, RogerV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Me thinks Google Chrome is the most significant and worthy app that > > > Google has produced since Gmail. It's remarkable on its own merits. > > > > However, Google is actually establishing an entire stack. Let's list > > > it from the client tier toward the server tier: > > > > Google Chrome > > > Canvas > > > Gears > > > GWT (for development language and tools) > > > Google App Engine > > > > When taken altogether, they make for a rather remarkable web > > > development stack. Any developer can grab these items and start > > > building software. Google App Engine is available in a developer > > > download that can be installed on a local server. It's all free and > > > mostly open source. Ultimately Google App Engine service will cost of > > > course, but if you architect on this stack, that service should be > > > scalable on a cost basis that is pretty much linear. > > > > What do folks think? > > > > Does this pretty much define the web computing platform stack for the > > > next 15 years? > > > > Is Google positioned to have a strong hold on developers' mind share > > > comparable to that which Microsoft has had via Windows? > > > > Because Google will be sifting information at a much more intimate > > > level than Microsoft ever did, will they truly remain a company that > > > does no evil? > > > > Is it possible to possess the information reach they have and not > > > succumb to evil? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
