If google teamed up with a respectable live Linux distro, bundled in all it's web products (perhaps even created it's own web browser) and published it free, you would have the makings for a new net-centric operating system. All you need is a PC with an internet connection and a CD rom drive and you have an instant internet terminal. More advanced applications would be available through web-based services, some having fee based subscriptions. Internet Cafes would have exclusive 'Google Terminals' with access to Google only features. I would not be surprised in the least if this is the direction Google heads in the next few years.
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If google teamed up with a respectable live Linux distro, bundled in all it's web products (perhaps even created it's own web browser) and published it free, you would have the makings for a new net-centric operating system. All you need is a PC with an internet connection and a CD rom drive and you have an instant internet terminal. More advanced applications would be available through web-based services, some having fee based subscriptions. Internet Cafes would have exclusive 'Google Terminals' with access to Google only features. I would not be surprised in the least if this is the direction Google heads in the next few years.