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DATE | 2009-07-08 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Google operating system
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From lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Jul 8 10:58:37 2009 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n68EwZ3b016690 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:58:37 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n68EwYk1016689 for hangout-outgoings; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:58:34 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to lest-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n68EwW2w016686 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:58:34 -0400 Received: from panix3.panix.com (panix3.panix.com [166.84.1.3]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C162E1F086 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:58:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: by panix3.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20529) id D4F1F8FDE3; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:58:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:58:30 -0400 From: Ruben Safir To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Google operating system Message-ID: <20090708145830.GC23155-at-panix.com> References: <4A548879.2050806-at-gmail.com> <4A5491F1.1060403-at-vnetworx.net> <4A54995D.5090805-at-gmail.com> <4A549CFE.1080509-at-vnetworx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A549CFE.1080509-at-vnetworx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 09:19:58AM -0400, Ron Guerin wrote: > 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 >
What is Google's reasoning on this? I thought they were extensive users of GNU software with a ton of Linux kernel ased servers.
Ruben
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