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1. Comment - The battle ahead: Google Chrome OS vs. Microsoft 'Windows 8'

   (Jul 9, 2009 - 5:36 PM)

   So what you're saying is that Google (and 3rd party devs) need to have the application space cornered before the OS could make true inroads?
   
   Yes, that's a fair statement. Google needs to prove there's a functionality value in making the jump, even for netbook users who may be sacrificing the interoperability factor with their big PCs. It needs to make Google Apps not only palatable and practical, but superior to what these users have installed on their notebooks and desktops (Office), because they will not want to use two sets of apps. And Google is nowhere close on that count -- I'll defer to your own term, "disgrace," and leave it at that. It takes more than guns to start a revolution, it takes ammunition -- and I don't see any proof that Google's got it.
   
   -SF "Benedict Arnold" 3

2. Comment - The Google Revolution begins; Will you join the fight?

   (Jul 9, 2009 - 11:40 AM)

   Let me start by saying right up front that Joe Wilcox's views as expressed here are solely those of Joe Wilcox, and do not reflect the views of Betanews.
   
   With that, I would beg the reader to allow me this opportunity to respond with my own viewpoint which also does not reflect the views of Betanews, but which are solely those of Scott M. Fulton, III. As always, I am solely responsible for my content.
   
   Briefly, let me reiterate what many of my readers already know about me: I am a Windows user, and by choice. But I acknowledge that if the choice faced by the majority of consumers was as workable for them as the choice I made for myself, then they may not willingly choose Windows, and with good reason. So I applaud the efforts of any company or organization or group of developers to build and distribute a viable alternative to Windows, which in and of itself sounds like a very attainable goal.
   
   All that on the table, I must register for the record my feelings about this article: On behalf of the brave men and women who have fought and continue to fight for noble causes under the American flag, including justice and human rights, and who have died for my right to print this and for your right to read it; and for the courageous people who founded our country with the aid of a document I hold dear to my heart, as the greatest statement of human rights ever written by the hand of man; I am insulted by the comparison of a software product announcement to the founding document of my country. And I find the misappropriation and re-editing of the Declaration of Independence to suit the purpose of ridiculing Microsoft to be offensive and undignified.
   
   My other grievances are, for the most part, trivial by comparison. However, I will say -- again personally -- that there is a pronounced difference between a market battle and a war. I am a Windows user; that does not make me a terrorist. Whether you choose to use Chrome or Windows or Moblin or Macintosh does not make you a soldier in someone's army. You can wear colors if you want, you can fly an Apple on a flag on your doorstep or on the bumper of your car. You can be proud of the system you endorse; there was a day long ago when I wore Atari's Fuji on my shirt.
   
   Market battles are about the brands displayed on people's desktops and on the posters on their walls, if indeed people truly care that much any more, and most don't. Wars are about the causes infused within people's souls. The borders between the two are not even adjacent -- they're in opposite worlds. A few years from now, I could become a regular Linux user; that will not make me a revolutionary, and that will not change who I am or what I believe, nor will it change the makeup of the friends I keep. It is far more important than the fact that I use Microsoft software or that I drive a Hyundai or that I watch an LG television set, that I am an American patriot. I am proud to work with people who fly the flags of their respective countries, and who believe sincerely in the principles upon which they were founded. As for myself, you will pry the symbol of my country and the words upon which it was founded from my heart, long, long after my body's dusty remains have sunk into the core of this Earth.
   
   -Scott Fulton

3. Comment - Report: Evidence of further creativity with Windows 7 upgrade prices

   (Jul 8, 2009 - 9:21 PM)

   Morris, I'm referring to the price difference between a single Home Premium license and this particular package, which is about $37.
   
   -SF3

4. Comment - Firefox 3.5: The need for speed

   (Jul 6, 2009 - 2:22 PM)

   Nah, just wishful thinking on my part...I've owned two Zs in my life, the second being an '84 280ZX that I drove until the body pretty much rusted out in 2003 (big Datsun tradeoff in those days was that Zs had a great engine and a body made of duct-taped milktoast). Still looked great sitting in the driveway though. (Until the duct tape started showing.)
   
   -SFZ

5. Comment - Firefox 3.5: The need for speed

   (Jul 6, 2009 - 2:18 PM)

   Actually, fatty, this isn't a bad idea at all, and I think the only reason you were getting voted down on this is because folks out there just can't stand to be one-upped. Next time out, I'll remember to include an Acid3 chart.
   
   Just to fill you in, both stable and developmental versions of Chrome are running 100% in the Acid3, while Firefox 3.5 is running 93% and 3.6 alpha at 94%. IE8 continues bringing up the rear at 20%.
   
   -SF3