Overpessimism [LWN.net]

Overpessimism

Posted Nov 19, 2009 22:07 UTC (Thu) by leoc (guest, #39773)
Parent article: Chromium OS source released

Whatever the technical limitations, it is hard to deny that Google is a household name, so they have a much better chance than any company named "Canonical" or "Red Hat" of selling an alternative desktop operating system to people who go to Best Buy.

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Overpessimism

Posted Nov 19, 2009 23:21 UTC (Thu) by kragil (guest, #34373) [Link] (1 responses)

Especially when Google is paying OEMs to put ChromeOS on those devices. Add cheap ARM chips to the equation and you cheap attractive netbooks that are lucrative for OEMs.

BTW I _love_ that they seem to demand FOSS drivers! Hurray Google!

Overpessimism

Posted Nov 19, 2009 23:42 UTC (Thu) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link]

If they can convince a ARM maker to release open source drivers for their
OpenGL ES chipsets then that alone would make everything worthwhile.

ARM is fast, efficient, and it's dirt cheap. But closed source GPU
acceleration is your only option for that sort of thing.