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Re: Android will be the desktop platform
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:10:49 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Sashikumar N" <sashikumar.n () gmail com> Date: September 24, 2008 6:40:51 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Android will be the desktop platform Dear Prof Dave, I had a look at Android road map page http://code.google.com/android/roadmap.html As per this page source code will be released in Q4 2008 and an key announcement on android developer challenge is to be made, could this be about the os? regards sashi On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Date: September 24, 2008 4:01:50 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Android will be the desktop platform Dave: [anonymize if you post -- I'm way too deep in Silicon Valley] For IP if you like. Google's new Chrome web browser caused all kinds of claims it was a new kind of operating system -- something designed to (in the future) rival Windows. Many analysts shot this down. It doesn't have hardware support, it doesn't contain drivers -- and rightly so. Chrome depends on Windows to access the disk or obtain network access. Android (will) not. Think of Windows as "top-down" and Android as "bottom-up." Windows created a platform and as since moved it (and the hardware, disk drivers) to other chips -- you see this as Windows Mobile. It runs Windows on phones, tablets and other small devices. As we all know, Google likes the "Beta" model -- release something before it's well baked as a beta and refine from wide-spread testing. Android could be the OS those analysts have been looking for. It supports various "small device" chips right now, but could easily be cross-compiled to run on x86 chips found in many PCs. Since it's based on Linux, Google could easily include the existing Linux drivers to run the hardware, kernel, etc. and let Android run the apps. I figure Google plans to release the phone and refine the platform until it's ready (and has the apps to support) it's release to the desktop. Android will be optimized to run Google's apps on the web (via Chrome and it's speedy Javascript). This is the bottom-up approach to overtaking the desktop that could rival MS. A free OS, running Google Apps (Office, email, etc.) all running off the minimal (and therefore faster and more secure) Android OS. This theory is even hinted at by the quotes from the Andoid release: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/24/BUO41338SH.DTL "This is as good a computer as you had a few years ago in this phone," Google founder Larry Page said. [with a PC chip, it would be just as fast -- or much faster] "Google is looking to create the same open environment that it enjoys on the desktop," [Avi Greengart] said. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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