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Chrome OS Designed To Start Microsoft Death Spiral
Al writes "Technology Review has a feature article that explores the business strategy underlying Google's decision to develop its Linux-based operating system, Chrome OS. Writer G. Pascal Zachary argues that Eric Schmidt has identified a sea-change in the software business, as signaled by Microsoft's recent problems and by the advancement of cloud computing. Zachary notes that Larry Page and Sergey Brin have pushed to develop a slick, open-source alternative to Windows for around six years (with the rationale that improving access to the Web would ultimately benefit Google), but that Schmidt has always refused. While developing Chrome OS is a significant gamble for Google, Zachary believe it will exploit Microsoft's historical weakness in terms of networking and internet functionality, forcing its rival to better serve Google's core business goals, whilst initiating its own steady, slow-motion decline."
Barack Obama is way ahead of you.
You seem to have somehow forgotten who was in office deregulating the financial sector when the economy went down the shitter for 8 years. I'll give you a hint: it wasn't a democrat.
There aren't enough Os in LOOOOOOOOOL.
The democrats and Obama were the ones "betting all of the ... political hay on "the economy is going to fall apart"" back during the election.
Now you say it's not true? Did His Grace, Obama save us all?
"In the end, you're betting against the American Worker, good luck with that."
L O L .
Shit son. The same American workers who are pissed off at being over taxed and under represented? The same ones who are bitching and moaning against Obama's ideas on "health reform", as he fucking shoves them down the country's throat?
Or are you talking about the unions? Those oh-so-productive lazy fucks who caused 2/3 of the auto industry to fail.
It's a nice little feel-good phrase though, isn't it? "Never bet against the American worker!" Probably does well in speeches and at rallies.
But the fact is the American worker is fed up with all the bullshit.
Housing and oil have "corrected"?
We got a report last week that said 50% of fucking mortgages were under water, dipshit.
New home sales may be up, but defaults and foreclosures are still climbing.
Missed 10% unemployment? Gee, where were you when we passed it? Under a rock?
Stimulus to create new jobs? Son, here's a basic fucking lesson in economics: You can't create jobs by moving money around. You can only move jobs around. To create a job you need to grow the economy. That means production needs to increase, demand needs to increase, and spendable income needs to increase.
Taxing the people for a "stimulus" plan (and just to be clear, printing new money is WORSE than taxing the people directly!) just moves money around. If people have less disposable income, they spend less, and businesses shrink and shut down. You lose jobs.
You can NOT create jobs by throwing money around.
All you're doing is moving jobs around.
That'd be Bill Clinton with the repeal of Glass-Steagall and then crazy dems like Barney Frank who refused to allow Bush to increase oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2003:
While Google can't afford more "companions" like that, a lot of us would trash Mr. Ballmer's office for free.