One giant step closer to the Google Linux desktop
Apr 01, 2009, 15:01 (4 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)
[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
"According to a Wall Street Journal report, Satjiv
Chahil, a vice president in HP's PC division, declined to comment
on whether the world's largest PC maker will sell either netbooks
or smartphones running Android but confirmed that HP is "studying"
the free operating system.
"Woo-Hoo!
"We already know that Android will work as a desktop operating
system, because it's already been done. And, it was done not by
some hackers whose second language is C++, but by a pair of
journalists. If we can do it, anyone can do it. :-)"
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