OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21850/Chrome_OS_to_Bring_More_Linux_IT_Jobs_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:08:24 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com speculation http://osnews.com/thread?373926 http://osnews.com/thread?373926 so much speculation on so little information. From what we know I think this is way too early to talk about IT job: we don't know what's the target market.

Competition is always a good thing though and I'd like to see more opening in IT ;) Edited 2009-07-17 19:00 UTC Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (po134) Comments RE: speculation http://osnews.com/thread?373928 http://osnews.com/thread?373928 Agreed. Chrome OS is currently nothing more than an announcement.

By this rate, Chrome OS will invent the warpdrive by next Tuesday. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE[2]: speculation http://osnews.com/thread?373932 http://osnews.com/thread?373932
Agreed. Chrome OS is currently nothing more than an announcement.

By this rate, Chrome OS will invent the warpdrive by next Tuesday.


Wait... you mean I shouldn't have just setup an entire LLC and website devoted to doing nothing more than consulting for ChromeOS-based IT contracts?

;) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (umccullough) Comments RE[2]: speculation http://osnews.com/thread?373942 http://osnews.com/thread?373942 Chrome OS already invented the warp drive in the future and went back in time so that Gene Roddenberry could put it on Star Trek. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jack_perry) Comments Did OS X make more Unix Developers? http://osnews.com/thread?373948 http://osnews.com/thread?373948 I havn't seen an influx of Unix Developers when OS X was released. Just a bunch of Mac Developers... I expect the same with Chrome. They won't be Linux Developers but Chrome Developers. And that is if chrome is successful and not just an other Linux Distribution. IF Crome OS is just an other Linux Distribution it may end up just like Corel did a decade ago. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (theTSF) Comments No thanks. http://osnews.com/thread?373949 http://osnews.com/thread?373949 Don't want to learn linux admin. Don't care to learn it. Have tried it...hate command-line. Want to spend time outside of work doing things other than becoming super-uber linux geek with alphabet soup after my name. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Phloptical) Comments chances http://osnews.com/thread?373953 http://osnews.com/thread?373953 Google just *might* add a couple of things to Linux distributions that are apparently amiss (even in Ubuntu), such as compatibility with a truly *HUGE* range of hardware configurations; a database of device drivers on par with XP available on the level when it "just works" from the get-go.

Google might use its name to get more people on the Linux side; those who are not exactly command-line enthusiasts and makefile warriors. If Google succeeds in creating a true 'buzz' around Chrome OS, that will mean a lot, because so many people are just after the 'cool' stuff - and those people can (and will) contribute too.

There is a chance it will happen as well as it might just not. Kudos to google for taking that chance. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (h3risson) Comments RE[3]: speculation http://osnews.com/thread?373961 http://osnews.com/thread?373961 Chrome OS will be the cat's pajamas - in fact, it will be the very apex of feline sleepwear. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments RE: No thanks. http://osnews.com/thread?373964 http://osnews.com/thread?373964 OK, that settles it then, as the world revolves around you. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (No it isnt) Comments RE: No thanks. http://osnews.com/thread?373986 http://osnews.com/thread?373986
Don't want to learn linux admin. Don't care to learn it. Have tried it...hate command-line. Want to spend time outside of work doing things other than becoming super-uber linux geek with alphabet soup after my name.


No one is forcing you to use the command line, no one is forcing you to become a Linux admin; do us all a favour and run the post and ask, "does this make me look like a dumb ass" before subjecting the net to your random brain farts. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: chances http://osnews.com/thread?373997 http://osnews.com/thread?373997 It's probably not in google's interest to support all imaginable hardware configurations. Hardware is becoming more and more commoditized anyways.

If anything google might have enough clout to be able to define some hardware certification standards for Chrome OS. And hopefully hardware vendors will start to take linux drivers more seriously for peripherals. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bnolsen) Comments os on web http://osnews.com/thread?374002 http://osnews.com/thread?374002 google already said they going to launch os on web. but they never thought what about people who dont have internet in some countries and even if they have internet how about the speed will they able to open pages... Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (000000) Comments RE[2]: No thanks. http://osnews.com/thread?374135 http://osnews.com/thread?374135 Unfortunately I don't have the expertise to do this... but wouldn't it be great to have a plugin for comment systems that would read your text and judge whether it makes you look like a complete moron, and then warns you before you hit "submit" Of course that could be great for some laughs if there were some bugs in it that added things to a Comment to make someone look MORE like a moron, instead of less ;) Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (leech) Comments RE: No thanks. http://osnews.com/thread?374137 http://osnews.com/thread?374137
Don't want to learn linux admin. Don't care to learn it. Have tried it...hate command-line. Want to spend time outside of work doing things other than becoming super-uber linux geek with alphabet soup after my name.


Apparently you don't want to be a Windows admin either. Some of the more powerful tools for Windows are run from the command line. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrillSgt) Comments