All Google has to do is strip down Linux, provide excellent driver support, and make things look pretty. They've got the infrastructure in place with Gears, the

All Google has to do is strip down Linux, provide excellent driver support, and make things look pretty. They've got the infrastructure in place with Gears, they control the browsing environment. Users don't need to know anything about Linux. All they need to know is that it's made by Google and works.