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Do We Need Another Monoculture?

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Nov 20, 2009, 9:30:33 PM11/20/09
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<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.

vitw

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Nov 21, 2009, 12:08:50 AM11/21/09
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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.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Nov 21, 2009, 12:52:32 AM11/21/09
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Certainly if they try to pull a Tivo, there will be a lot of people
displeased.

~misfit~

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Nov 23, 2009, 2:31:09 AM11/23/09
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Google will rule the world one day. It might pay to be careful what you say,
they have lots of data storage space.....
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.


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