Google's Android To Challenge Windows?

PL/SQL Guy writes "Search giant Google is set to offer its free Android mobile-phone operating system for computers, opening a new front in its rivalry with Microsoft by challenging the dominance of the company's Windows software. Acer Inc., the world's second-largest laptop maker, will release a low-cost notebook powered by Android next quarter, said Jim Wong, head of information-technology products at the Taipei-based company. Calvin Huang, an analyst at Daiwa Securities Group Inc, says that adoption of Android-based netbooks will likely eat into Windows' share of PC operating systems." Meanwhile, notes reader Barence, Asus is continuing to distance itself from Android, saying it "isn't a priority."

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[twidarkling]

Sir, I think you overestimate people, completely. There are people who, if you run updates on their computer, lose the ability to figure out what to do, even if literally nothing about the machine changed.

Those screenshots? The icons are completely different. The people that need to be targeted don't read labels. They're the ones that go "I deleted the internet! My E is missing!" The reason they only use IM and email is because they just don't know how to do more. Remember: The majority of people are fucking dumbasses. If it's even the slightest bit different, they are going to panic and assume they have no idea what to do, freeze up in fear, and trade it in for what they know.

And look! Not a single car analogy!