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DATE	2009-07-08
FROM	Ron Guerin
SUBJECT	Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Google operating system
Paul Robert Marino wrote: > Ron Guerin wrote: >> Paul Robert Marino wrote: >> >>> Hey I was watching the news and they just said that Google announced >>> they are coming out with a PC operating system. >>> Considering their history I cant help thinking it will be a variation >>> of Android which is GNU Linux based. >>> >>> >> Oh man, I wish they'd do us all a favor and not. Allow me to underline >> that Android is not GNU/Linux based. Google has taken great pains to >> ensure there's no GNU in Android. >> >> - Ron >> > well it is using the Linux kernel > granted the rest of the OS is mostly in house built however when > moving to a larger platform like a PC its hard to imagine they > wouldn't leverage the wide range of GNU software. besides I cant see > them not using GNU libC or GCC. > its all a question of how GNU is it. You might want to read up about it. Google doesn't allow any GPL in their stuff. That pretty much excludes everything GNU. That GNU/Linux users might struggle to twist it into an acceptable form makes it no better than Windows or OS X. - Ron