Google Drops A Nuclear Bomb On Microsoft. And It’s Made of Chrome.
this Chrome OS will be lightweight and fast just like the browser itself. But also just like the browser, it will be open-sourced. Think Microsoft will be open-sourcing Windows anytime soon?
As Google writes, “We have a lot of work to do, and we’re definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision.” They might as well set up enlistment booths on college campuses for their war against Microsoft.
- Google says the software architecture will basically be the current Chrome browser running inside “a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.” So in other words, it basically is the web as an OS
- So why release this new OS instead of using Android? After all, it has already been successfully ported to netbooks. Google admits that there is some overlap there. But a key difference they don’t mention is the ability to run on the x86 architecture. Android cannot do that (though there are ports), Chrome OS can and will. But more, Google wants to emphasize that Chrome OS is all about the web, whereas Android is about a lot of different things. Including apps that are not standard browser-based web apps.
- Google plans to release the open source code for Chrome OS later this year ahead of the launch next year. Don’t be surprised if this code drops around the same time as Windows 7.
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Solidot | Google宣布Google Chrome OS
- Google表示,Google Chrome OS是一个开源的轻量级操作系统,最初针对目标是上网本,它将在今年晚些时候发布源代码,消费者将能在2010年下半年使用上Chrome OS。Google正与合作伙伴讨论合作事宜,它将与开源社区展开合作。Google称它通过开发Google Chrome浏览器,他们深入了解了操作系统底层的安全架构。Google Chrome OS将能运行x86和ARM芯片平台上,软件架构很简单——在Linux kernel上,Google Chrome运行在一个新视窗系统内,其它所有Web应用程序则运行在Chrome浏览器内。Google Chrome OS是一个独立于Android的新项目。
- 微博客在国内,说他没戏不是因为政策问题,而是取决于经营者和周边开发者是否具有非常开放的心态,但目前国内真正具备这种胸襟的公司、人还比较少。
- twitter之所以成功,有两个必然因素:1、有很多意见领袖在使用。确实能产出一些内容。2、开放性。一个twitter,只有140字节,网站也很简单,但它是100%开放接口的,基于twitter的网站和功能已有上万个,基于facebook的竟然有5.2万个。
其实还有第三个因素,但这个不明显。就是国外的媒体对新鲜事物有天然的支持,他们所有的媒体都喜欢跟着潮流走,继而对其进行大规模的吹捧,另外,一些企业也乐于在新事物上做尝试。很多国外大媒体都乐于引用twitter的消息 但国内要让cctv引用饭否的话,大家觉得可能吗? - 就上面三个因素,在国内,第一个,国内是很多号称意见领袖的人在用,似乎你在用一样东西,而这个东西被封了,而后可以翻墙出去看,最后自认为很牛b的人,这类人很难产出什么好东西,大多是愤青言语。第三个,目前国内媒体对新鲜事物还算比较宽容,报道也较多,但知名媒体、平面媒体不大愿意报道,他们更愿意看现状,不愿意看前景。
就第二个问题,实际上受制于2个因素,一是平台网站的开放程度,二是周边开发者的能力。中国缺乏开放和基于开放做事情的土壤,平台方不愿意贡献自己的用户,开发者又会认为,你给你做周边,还不如自己做一个网站呢。心态的失衡,导致一堆小的网站无用户,一些大网站无应用的情况。
实际上,就微博客本身,技术不是问题,开放的心态和人品才是问题。就跟陈某人旗下的网站,什么开放平台,什么sns,跟的凶叫的也很凶,但在他那里,伪开放,炒作概念都是能事,对于陈某人及其公司来说,永远不是技术问题,只有人品问题。
Wolfram|Alpha的应用案例 - 读写网唯一官方中文站 - 搜狐IT独立群体博客
- Wolfram|Alpha的宗旨是允许用户输入人性化的表达语句,并基于此进行计算。Wolfram|Alpha最初的构思和设计始于四年前,而直到6-8个月前团队才认真考虑将产品推广给更多用户的问题。
福尔茨-史密斯称人们可以用它做很多事,但产品的核心功能是计算。
但主流大众会使用Wolfram|Alpha吗?现在的用户似乎以数学家为主。福尔茨-史密斯持肯定意见,他认为Wolfram|Alpha最终会得到主流用户的青睐。虽说开始时比较专业化,但Wolfram|Alpha会赢得更多的用户。他说,Wolfram|Alpha首先要获得“专业用户”的考验——学术和专业计算的用户。福尔茨-史密斯称,如果产品对他们有用,那么便会走向主流。
- 福尔茨-史密斯说,Wolfram|Alpha可以用来为学生自动生成问题集,然后对问题集进行研究。
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