[ILUG-Cochin.org] chrome is coming ....

[Jain Johny]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM, <antony.maliakal at wipro.com> wrote:

> How many people (lay people) do you think use their freedom?
> Software freedom... Do u think they will go thru and modify their own
> code to suit their needs?
>
> I understand that due to the immense popularity of Gmail and all their
> other products
> Google has a very good publicity for its OS
> So yes, there will be many converts just bcoz its google
> But sooner or later the disadvantages or advantages will come out...
> Then lets see it...
>
> I believe if the google OS is good, the free software society will go
> thru it
> See if it meets all the rights of freedom expected off it
> Rather than blindly saying that it is evil or its great
> Lets just wait for it (atleast the beta) and see how it see before we
> point fingers
>

True!


>
> My concern is more on the overall aspect of giving google so much of my
> online life information


OK. Split it between G and Y!  ;-)


>
> Its not restricted to just an OS
> Should something so precious as a virtual life be in the hands of a
> corporation?
>
>


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Regards,
Jain M Johny
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