gee... author seems a little biased. "primitive" os for handsets? its a much more user friendly os that is actually for smartphones.. to say it's primitive is a decent slam. and the last line that says "it is not time for microsoft to get worried" riiight thats what everyone said about android... it's clear that atleast in that segment google is poised to take alot of share from MS. having owned a windows mobile phone and graduated into an android phone, i can tell you android blows MS out of the water.

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You darn right Microsoft should be worried. The netbooks will continue to be made more powerful, and so many of the features that people use daily do NOT require the sophistication of a full Window OS. Not unlike the simple cell phones which are increasingly popular.

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FACT: 90% OF THE WORLDS PC'S OPERATE ON MSFT OS. SHOULD MSFT BE WORRIED? I THINK NOT!!

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Fact 90% of all viruses are Micro$oft , fact mission critical OSs are not Micro$oft brand , fact controlled OS means Monopoly .
Negative or not at least the guy gave Linux some press , go Google , if anyone can do Google can .

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im gonna make an operating system for computers called, Virusoft..... here is how I will make money on it, You will buy the computer, then you will go "web surfing" get all kinds of viruses and instead of getting it fixed, you will just get a new computer (seeing as computers are now almost as cheap to buy new as getting them fixed)

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I'm very tired of programming around Microsoft bugs. I will be very happy when Microsoft has some competition and will start caring about quality, just like Detroit had to worry about quality in the early 80's (even though they did too little, too late to avoid the bankruptcies).

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Crazy, Linux is very close to being an MS competitor, and without questions runs on MORE powerful machines than Windows does, it is NOT just for the slow machines out there. Does this writer understand tech, or what he is writing about? For sure MS has more market share, and probably will, he would be correct in his "business" assesment, but very wrong in his tech analysis. And in terms of full featured? I have both windows and linux systems, I cannot think of anything I cannot do on both, and often in linux, I can it do better, faster and easier, without the viruses. If only more companies supported them with commercial software, they would blow MS out of the water, but there is PLENTY of free, open source alternatives for everything you might want... just the facts

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My favorite line: that some prefer the "complete set of features Windows has to offer." What version is THIS dope using??

Long and short of it all, I'm not a fanboy of any OS. I use linux on 2 of my laptops, I own 4 macs, and I'm currently posting this comment on a laptop running Windows 7. I've used EVERY Microsoft OS publicly released. I've NEVER seen a version of Windows come with a "complete set of features." After 2 hours installing the OS, I then dig out the office CDs, my Photoshop CDs or end up downloading extra applications such as GIMP and deepburner so I can burn media other than simply "data" or "music." I pop in my Ubuntu Linux CD, and after about 40 minutes total time spent keying in a username, password, and selecting my timezone, I find my computer rebooting and displaying a basic looking desktop. I hit the menu button to find what? Music Player, video player, GIMP preinstalled for advanced photo editing. Wait, there's the icons for OpenOffice (a free office suite) that's simple to use. Missing an application? Meh, hit the menu button and go to add/remove programs. From there I can search for an app that does what I want, check the pretty box and click "apply." Self installed. Maybe enter a password permitting the app installation. No hunting, no looking for a "free alternative to" Nero, Dreamweaver, etc... it's all there. And if it's not, chances are you aren't needing it or aren't looking in the right place. The installation takes less time, it's lower profile on a hard drive, boots faster, and there's none of this "It's been a month, my computer is running slow, how do I defrag this thing?"

It takes roughly 2 GB of space on my hard drive for a typical linux installation 64 bit. My windows 7 installation? roughly 20 GB. And that's just OS files. The linux install includes everything you need to get started, including word processing, spreadsheet, database client, web browser, email client, music/movie player, the list goes on and on. Granted, there are certain pieces of hardware not supported YET (my intel 4500mhd video card in my notebook comes to mind) but this changes quickly. A lot of times, there are 3rd party FREE fixes for stuff like that already posted online.

To those bickering about their "G1 vs iPhone" arguments... ahem... chris... keep in mind Chris that Apple has spent millions on a promotional campaign essentially making fun of themselves for not offering basic features like "copy and paste." iPhone may have killed everything in sales, but people are sheep. Let's also keep in mind that OS X, as well as the "stripped version" of OS X that runs on the iPhone is built on what platform? LINUX. Linux kernel locked down to support specific hardware, linux-based apps. Chris have you ever seen a jailbroken iPhone? The first package installed when you jailbreak is the "BSD subsystem" which allows for 3rd party custom-written apps.

I'm definitely in concurrence with most of you though- Great press for linux and if anyone can give a serious black eye to big bad billy and his brutes in Redmond, it's big brother knows everything about you google.

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I try not to use Google because they share your private information with others. If you want your information more out there keep on using Google.

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Google Plants cookies---most of their searches are linked to their advertisers-----I do not want Google to collect my personal information---------plus their serach results are nothing but advertisements---

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Google is commited to collecting and compromizing our personal information----Just like Yahoo----Google will furnish our information to Govt. Agencies----That is what I think about Google

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Is Google diversifying into areas they shouldn't? They recently ventured into green/renewable energy development and now this, their own primoridial OS. To protect the integrity of their core business, they might consider spinning these ventures off or create separate companies independent of Google. I hate to see them lose their focus by bringing so many unrelated projects to the table.

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So sick of the Microsoft crap, used to be a Mac person but the wife wanted to go PC and I have regretted it ever since. I have actually started using Ubunutu and loving it. Zero problems and really fast and shocked how easy it is to copy DVDs don't need to pay for Nero, MS OS makes it very difficult to copy DVDs, I am very techy and it takes me forever to try and remember how to copy DVD on Windows, wife's request she won't go to Linux, so I just pop it into Linux machine and use it without any problem. Also very low maintenance on Linux, no defraging and no expensive anti-virus/anti-spyware programs.

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