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True, if one were to describe I.T. innovation trends in two words they'd say "Creative Destruction" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction http://en
by partoa 18y ago
True, if one were to describe I.T. innovation trends in two words they'd say "Creative Destruction" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction) in this case it's not exactly Google creates Adobe is destroyed, in my take, it's more like Google creates, Firefox/IE/Safari/Opera is destroyed.
But I have to admit that Open Source projects are very responsive and, consequently, we may see a response from Firefox soon.
What I do admit is that at the end of the day, it's the consumer's experience that counts and, whoever makes the product that works the best for the consumer deserves to win, although victory is not promised. Look at Opera.
So, is Google Chrome good for Open Source? If they open source the browser, hell yeah, otherwise, I'll be the skeptic.
Note: Chromium is not Google Chrome, it's PR.
If I were Steve Ballmer, I'd get John Lilly and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner on my speed dial, right now.
I for one, begrudgingly, welcome our new browser overlords.
- lacker 18y agoWhy is Chromium just PR? You can build it yourself and run it. see: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/getting-started http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/getting-started My impression was they packaged it separately to make it easy to have Google-owned icons, etc in the Google Chrome download.
- partoa 18y agoIt's not that you can't build it, it's not that it's not Open Source, but it's still PR, here's why. I'll use the comparison of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise, or openSuse and Suse. These are truly open source. If you are going to base your proprietary technology on an Open Source project, please build the Open Source version and distribute it if you are building the Proprietary one, otherwise, you don't want people to actually use the Open Source version, it just means you have a good PR consultant and you don't mind "free help". I bet you $100 they got the idea from a focus group, and Google Chrome has things that Chromium doesn't.