Chromium OS source released

computing (and the web) have changed significantly since the NPC (10 years?).

consider how many 'computer users' you know who wouldn't touch (or own) a computer if they couldn't (a) read email, (b) browse their favorite web sites and (c) watch youtube?

that's a significant chunk of the market, and tends to overlap heavily with the segment who are forever getting 'geek' relatives (or paying geek squad) to fix their machine because they screwed it up again. a nice, safe, utterly unbreakable 'appliance' computer is ideal for that group.