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Five things Chrome OS isn’t

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Nov 25, 2009

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“1. Ready yet

“I’m already seeing people proclaiming that it’s awful. Uh,
people, it’s not even beta yet. Yes, even now Google Chrome OS
works pretty darn well, but what we’re seeing now isn’t even close
to what will eventually be shipping. Proclaiming that it’s already
a failure or that it deserves a ‘D-‘ grade is, at best, ignorant,
and, at worse, deliberate anti-Linux and anti-Google FUDing.

“Heck, even I, who has little love for Windows, waited for Vista
to be in beta before I started kicking it around. Give it a chance
people.

“2. A Windows desktop replacement

“It’s not.”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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