Chrome OS could hurt Microsoft's plans for Windows 7

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  • cunny
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    • Jan 2009
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    Chrome OS could hurt Microsoft's plans for Windows 7

    Thirteen years after Netscape flirted with the idea of turning its successful web browser into a fully-fledged operating system Google has offered users the chance to throw away their Windows licences.

    Chrome OS, initially available for netbooks ? the small-format laptops that have become increasingly popular ? will eventually run on the whole range of computers including desktop systems, offering a realistic and low-cost alternative to Microsoft Windows for those who have not yet succumbed to the attractions of the free GNU/Linux operating system or bought themselves an Apple Macintosh.

    Analysis: Chrome OS could hurt Microsoft's plans for Windows 7 - Times Online
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    • Chimaera
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      • Jun 2009
      • 242
      #2
      This is a problem for me.

      Everytime you use google it records your Ip address and what you searched for etc etc and of course akes sure you get some nice cuddly ads to keep you company on your travels.

      So then we get chrome browser and a few weeks in it all kicks of because in the EULA
      we were basically giving google the intelictual property rights to evry thing we put in the browser e.g. our work documents our kids pictures etc etc.

      After the uproar they had to back done and change the EULA.

      So the we move to the OS
      Now google uses information to make its money, all of the above ive mentioned and much more, it is very agressive in the way it collects and also the way adsense works as a delivery system, so to think ooh that will be great a new Os to play with, i would wait untill the crackers have had a look at it and weeded out all the bits which turn our lives into being owned by google.

      Google is not your friend i never access google directly so there is very little info stored on me in the files.
      Competion to Ms i am all in favour of and i hope google does give MS a big spanking but...

      Be wary of what arrives until its prove otherwise.
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        • Bulld0g
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          • Apr 2008
          • 7158
          #3
          Thanks for that post Chi. I have had google set as my homepage for years now. So the ~~~~~ers probably think i'm a ~~~~ hacker

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            • cunny
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              • Jan 2009
              • 4915
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              Originally posted by Chimaera
              This is a problem for me.

              Everytime you use google it records your Ip address and what you searched for etc etc and of course akes sure you get some nice cuddly ads to keep you company on your travels.

              So then we get chrome browser and a few weeks in it all kicks of because in the EULA
              we were basically giving google the intelictual property rights to evry thing we put in the browser e.g. our work documents our kids pictures etc etc.

              After the uproar they had to back done and change the EULA.

              So the we move to the OS
              Now google uses information to make its money, all of the above ive mentioned and much more, it is very agressive in the way it collects and also the way adsense works as a delivery system, so to think ooh that will be great a new Os to play with, i would wait untill the crackers have had a look at it and weeded out all the bits which turn our lives into being owned by google.

              Google is not your friend i never access google directly so there is very little info stored on me in the files.
              Competion to Ms i am all in favour of and i hope google does give MS a big spanking but...

              Be wary of what arrives until its prove otherwise.
              As on most websites/isp servers there will be a log of your online avtivity that a vast ammount of companies keep.

              Isp keep track of your online usage, websites keep a log of visiting IP address.

              If we were that paraniod wont we all be using proxy servers and changing our IP addresses all the time.

              I dont like any company keeping a log of our online activity at all most of all the big corps like ms and google.

              Think its time that ms got some serious competition on the os side like we have on the browsers. But if they going to be keeping track of us then its a big no no and most people would stick to ms windows and could even shift over to linux
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                • on_the_jazz
                  DK Veteran
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 557
                  #5
                  Even if they log your ip they only know your rough location, not who you are.

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