Comments on: Links 06/03/2009: Moves to GNU/Linux in Cuba, Google to Enter Sub-notebooks http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-2/#comment-60344 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:47:44 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60344 Ah! Here’s the “Android is not Unix, not even close” rant from Matthew Garrett.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-2/#comment-60276 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:01:50 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60276 His succession quit, much like other VPs and SVPs. Larry Ellison still has 2 people competing for his chair.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-2/#comment-60275 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:49:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60275 The scariest thing is that Ballmer has failed at succession planning. Any leader who doesn’t have multiple replacements ready at hand is foolish. (I wonder how Apple are doing.)

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-2/#comment-60274 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:45:52 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60274 It’s amazing this thing is still alive. It refuses to die, just like Uncle Fester refuses to step down and SCO isn’t returning to business.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60273 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:42:18 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60273 At least it’s not Windows Mobile ;-p

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60272 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:27:20 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60272 Yes, criticism of Android in common in the IRC channel. ;-)

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60270 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:08:27 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60270 Yeah, but you can still set up GNU on top of a proprietary OS (c.f. Cygwin). The essential point is that people talk about Android as if it’s Ubuntu for Phones, but it’s really only barely Linux. Some Linux devs are in fact working on making it less “not invented here” and more sane.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60265 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:43:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60265 Android/G1 is Tivoized. GNU is not stuck in GPLv2.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-60264 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:42:28 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/06/google-to-enter-sub-notebooks/#comment-60264 Heh. I wonder what a Google notebook would actually be like.

(BTW, Android is Linux-based, but it is not GNU/Linux as we know it – the developers started from a version of Linux, applied a whacking dose of “not invented here” and the result is GPL but that’s about it. That’s why putting something resembling a recognisable GNU/Linux environment on it requires something similar to coLinux.)

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