Comments on: Shut Up Google, Just Shut Up – You Had Me At Hello http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Brian Prentice http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Brian Prentice Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:33:28 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/#comment-730 Simon - thanks for you thoughts. Really? You think actually people - the ones who just go to work or go home and turn their PC on - are thirsty for different choices? Or do you think the community of IT commentators are enthralled with a Microsoft v.s. "any one else" fight? Personally, I think it's the latter. And this has taken a life of its own for two reasons - 1) Google makes this a plausible story and 2) when a story looks big you're compelled to get your share of the internet traffic it will generate. It seems to me that there are a number of different choices out there. Mac OS X is clearly one. So are the numerous versions of Linux. Heck, there's even OLPC (a far more interesting OS than most people have given it credit for). The bottom line is that Windows is still the dominate OS on the market - by a country mile. I sure wish there was a thirst for choice. I just can't see the evidence for it. What do you think I'm missing here? Simon – thanks for you thoughts. Really? You think actually people – the ones who just go to work or go home and turn their PC on – are thirsty for different choices?

Or do you think the community of IT commentators are enthralled with a Microsoft v.s. “any one else” fight? Personally, I think it’s the latter. And this has taken a life of its own for two reasons – 1) Google makes this a plausible story and 2) when a story looks big you’re compelled to get your share of the internet traffic it will generate.

It seems to me that there are a number of different choices out there. Mac OS X is clearly one. So are the numerous versions of Linux. Heck, there’s even OLPC (a far more interesting OS than most people have given it credit for). The bottom line is that Windows is still the dominate OS on the market – by a country mile.

I sure wish there was a thirst for choice. I just can’t see the evidence for it. What do you think I’m missing here?

]]> By: Simon Sharwood http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Simon Sharwood Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:12:15 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/#comment-727 I think it says a lot about the operating system market that such a thin announcement gathered so much attention. To me, it bespeaks a thirst for different choices. I think it says a lot about the operating system market that such a thin announcement gathered so much attention. To me, it bespeaks a thirst for different choices.

]]> By: The Blog Entry on Chrome: Hype Seed or a Nod to Formalism? http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/comment-page-1/#comment-689 The Blog Entry on Chrome: Hype Seed or a Nod to Formalism? Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:01:26 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/#comment-689 [...] My colleague Brian Prentice, a sharp and distinguished practitioner of our occult trade, is utterly whelmed by the possibility of an exciting new operating system, at least insofar as evidence for its delivery is currently available mostly via a spare blog post. [...] [...] My colleague Brian Prentice, a sharp and distinguished practitioner of our occult trade, is utterly whelmed by the possibility of an exciting new operating system, at least insofar as evidence for its delivery is currently available mostly via a spare blog post. [...]

]]> By: Why does anyone care about operating systems? http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Why does anyone care about operating systems? Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:21:45 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/07/08/shut-up-google-just-shut-up-you-had-me-at-hello/#comment-685 [...] operating system built around the Chrome browser. I will let my colleagues debate what this really means. But this all makes me a little sad. I thought that obsessing about an OS in 1993 was depressing; [...] [...] operating system built around the Chrome browser. I will let my colleagues debate what this really means. But this all makes me a little sad. I thought that obsessing about an OS in 1993 was depressing; [...]

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