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Nolochemical said: I'm just wondering why my comment was edited out.. Is RWW sensoring non-affirming comments for HP's

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:35 -0800

Nolochemical said:

I'm just wondering why my comment was edited out.. Is RWW sensoring non-affirming comments for HP's sake?

on the entry A Central Nervous System for Earth: HP's Ambitious Sensor Network

wblg 319 said: Chrome OS is different, yet a market share of even 10% by 2013 is a challenge .. http://tinyurl.com/

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:57 -0800

wblg 319 said:

Chrome OS is different, yet a market share of even 10% by 2013 is a challenge .. http://tinyurl.com/y8sf3g5

on the entry Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?

Aaron said: I've seen this "You have a buy a netbook" nonsense on a bunch of sites now. Where the hell did this

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:25 -0800

Aaron said:

I've seen this "You have a buy a netbook" nonsense on a bunch of sites now. Where the hell did this come from? No you don't. You can compile it from source and run it on whatever you want, just like very other Linux distro. The version that you compile from source is no less "real" than the version of this OS that's going to come on netbooks.

The issue here is that Google has chosen not to maintain a massive driver library for Chrome OS. They are probably going to work with a few manufactures and create a specific set of drivers, which will likely be available as well. Or perhaps they'll just leave it up to manufacturers to develop the drivers.

People will develop their own drivers. Give it 6mo, and you'll have a Chrome OS fork that runs on most Intel x86 hardware without issue.

on the entry Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?

Deane said: David makes an excellent point about the capitalist vs. socialist perspective. The notion that the o

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:39:43 -0800

Deane said:

David makes an excellent point about the capitalist vs. socialist perspective. The notion that the old business paradigm of non-collaborative trade-secret exclusivity is going to win out is not viable for something this far reaching. (See:'Free - The Future of a Radical Price' by Chris Anderson)

The money in all this is if HP builds a platform that is the easiest one for all the other tech-geeks to build their projects off of. And that requires way more engagement than a giant corporation's hierarchy of non-disclosure-based development is likely to be comfortable with.

As someone who grew up just blocks away from HP's world headquarters: I cheered them on as the home team in the 1980's computer world. But that was 30 years ago and now I honestly can't imagine how they can pull it off in any other way than buying out a bunch of start-ups with the potential to pull it off. Or maybe the HP underdog will surprise us with a whole new corporate way of supporting tech-geeks first, making money second?

on the entry A Central Nervous System for Earth: HP's Ambitious Sensor Network

Cheryl Hughes said: Thank you for the information. I will definitely be checking this app out! This could be great for b

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:23 -0800

Cheryl Hughes said:

Thank you for the information. I will definitely be checking this app out! This could be great for businesses with their social media campaigns. Great post!

on the entry FastPencil: Turn Your Blog Posts into a Published Book

Ari Herzog said: Like Amber's comment above, I can appreciate locational metadata for companies... but I'm skeptical

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:20 -0800

Ari Herzog said:

Like Amber's comment above, I can appreciate locational metadata for companies... but I'm skeptical about people. Sell me why I should do this for myself in light of privacy issues.

on the entry What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible

Sati said: No resistance here, strap me in I'm ready for whatever they can poke in me.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:17:30 -0800

Sati said:

No resistance here, strap me in I'm ready for whatever they can poke in me.

on the entry The Brain Chip Cometh, & It Cometh from Intel

alisa said: Yes can't wait to read your final paper on it, Elias!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:20 -0800

alisa said:

Yes can't wait to read your final paper on it, Elias!

on the entry The Future Is All About Context: The Pragmatic Web

Brant Tedeschi said: "You Can't Just Install Chrome OS - You Have to Buy a New Netbook" And there lies the issue with en

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:55 -0800

Brant Tedeschi said:

"You Can't Just Install Chrome OS - You Have to Buy a New Netbook"

And there lies the issue with ensuring an operating system is stable. I am sure Google wants to make their OS 100% stable. If any computer or laptop can do that, drivers would be its downfall for stability and security. See why it's so hard for Microsoft windows to be stable and secure?

The only way to do that is to work closely with each company to make sure they comply.

I think it's a smart move.

on the entry Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?

eliasbizannes.com said: For those interested, the economic theory Alisa is referencing is being called the "information valu

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:38 -0800

eliasbizannes.com said:

For those interested, the economic theory Alisa is referencing is being called the "information value network", which incorporates my initial thesis of the "information value chain".

A paper has been written on the subject and it will be released by the DataPortability Project soon.

on the entry The Future Is All About Context: The Pragmatic Web

V said: Google got clear ideas about webtop and this OS is the key of all that, from appliances like sai @an

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:13:22 -0800

V said:

Google got clear ideas about webtop and this OS is the key of all that, from appliances like sai @ano and removable media like usb flash because i can borrow any computer and access all my cloud data from one point.

dont think in this os like a main personal os, is a "keychain os" to access data on the cloud from any personal or public computer.

on the entry Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?

Dave said: Application tabs? Yawn. Ubuntu's netbook build "Easy Peasy" already does this. In fact, these are ap

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:09:58 -0800

Dave said:

Application tabs? Yawn. Ubuntu's netbook build "Easy Peasy" already does this. In fact, these are applications that can be added to any Gnome desktop in Linux if you know where to look.

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Amy said: The main thing that Chrome OS touts to differentiate itself is its speed. I can see it as an instan

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:09:57 -0800

Amy said:

The main thing that Chrome OS touts to differentiate itself is its speed. I can see it as an instant-on solution while a real OS (that can do some heavy lifting) loads in the background, but not as a only on a system. It will be interesting to see if/how Google improves Google Gears to have better application persistence when the device is not connected to the network.

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Sarah Perez said: @ano: Oooh, an appliance OS! That's a cool idea.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:24 -0800

Sarah Perez said:

@ano: Oooh, an appliance OS! That's a cool idea.

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Yoram Roth said: If their is OS is anything like iGoogle - ugly, clumsy, and geeky - then good riddance. At least MSF

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:55:10 -0800

Yoram Roth said:

If their is OS is anything like iGoogle - ugly, clumsy, and geeky - then good riddance. At least MSFT gets it right on their fourth attempt... I think Google will need longer.

on the entry Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?