4 ms·
Sigh. Windows 8 was the opportunity. That massive incompetent stinkbomb, while simultaneously OSX was being ignored. Google could have finished off Microsoft w
by cowardlydragon 9y ago
Sigh. Windows 8 was the opportunity. That massive incompetent stinkbomb, while simultaneously OSX was being ignored.
Google could have finished off Microsoft with a death knell investment of a relative pittance:
- get LibreOffice to 100% parity and compatibility with office
- pick and polish a desktop environment to a perfect OSX, Windows-7, and Ubuntu interface
- get CrossOffice/WINE to near-100% compatibility
- near-perfect android app use.
Instead... ChromeOS?
Google could have added a multibillion dollar industry for the investment of $100 mil.
- Asooka 9y agoMaybe they didn't want to be RedHat? As in, all those projects are open-source and if Google invested in them, they'd be investing in something they can't fully control. Google's goal is to make money, not fight for user freedom, after all.
- dom0 9y ago> - get LibreOffice to 100% parity and compatibility with office > - get CrossOffice/WINE to near-100% compatibility > - near-perfect android app use. > relative pittance: > investment of $100 mil. Wait, what?