OS Failure (was Re: [TriLUG] Disappointed in Google)

Kevin Flanagan kevin at flanagannc.net
Sun Feb 26 13:05:04 EST 2006


That's really weak, at least they could have been clearer, "they are all 
PCs dipstick"

Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On 2/25/06, Reginald Reed <reginald.reed at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I fully understand your feeling on Google going with WINE.  People seem to
>> forget is that despite the whole "do no evil" thing,  Google is a publicly
>> traded company.  Doing the development as native application for Linux would
>> either be more expensive or be waaay off in feature parity with the Windows
>> implementation.  Its not *all* about the almighty dollar, but it does factor
>> high!
>>     
>
> I do think that it's a little less insulting than this:
> http://www.vongo.com/parking
>
> This is the url which shows up at the end of the crazy ad that's been
> running on TV which shows a woman of a certain age leaving a parking
> garage and being waved on by the attendant prompting her to drive
> through the lowered gate.
>
> Try accessing it from a linux machine.
>
> --
> Rick DeNatale
>
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