Re: Android will be the desktop platform

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Sashikumar N" <sashikumar.n () gmail com>
Date: September 24, 2008 6:40:51 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Android will be the desktop platform

Dear Prof Dave,
I had a look at Android road map page
http://code.google.com/android/roadmap.html As per this page source
code will be released in Q4 2008 and an key announcement on android
developer challenge is to be made, could this be about the os?

regards
sashi

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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> Date: September 24, 2008 4:01:50 AM EDT
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> Subject: Android will be the desktop platform
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> Dave:
>
> [anonymize if you post -- I'm way too deep in Silicon Valley]
>
> For IP if you like.
>
> Google's new Chrome web browser caused all kinds of
> claims it was a new kind of operating system --
> something designed to (in the future) rival Windows.
>
> Many analysts shot this down. It doesn't have hardware
> support, it doesn't contain drivers -- and rightly so.
> Chrome depends on Windows to access the disk or
> obtain network access. Android (will) not.
>
> Think of Windows as "top-down" and Android
> as "bottom-up." Windows created a platform
> and as since moved it (and the hardware, disk
> drivers) to other chips -- you see this as
> Windows Mobile. It runs Windows on phones,
> tablets and other small devices.
>
> As we all know, Google likes the "Beta"
> model -- release something before it's well
> baked as a beta and refine from wide-spread
> testing.
>
> Android could be the OS those analysts have
> been looking for. It supports various "small
> device" chips right now, but could easily be
> cross-compiled to run on x86 chips found
> in many PCs. Since it's based on Linux,
> Google could easily include the existing
> Linux drivers to run the hardware, kernel,
> etc. and let Android run the apps.
>
> I figure Google plans to release the phone
> and refine the platform until it's ready (and has the
> apps to support) it's release to the desktop.
> Android will be optimized to run Google's apps
> on the web (via Chrome and it's speedy Javascript).
>
> This is the bottom-up approach to overtaking the
> desktop that could rival MS. A free OS, running
> Google Apps (Office, email, etc.) all running
> off the minimal (and therefore faster and more
> secure) Android OS.
>
> This theory is even hinted at by the quotes
> from the Andoid release:
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/24/BUO41338SH.DTL
> "This is as good a computer as you had a few
> years ago in this phone," Google founder Larry Page said.
>
> [with a PC chip, it would be just as fast -- or
> much faster]
>
> "Google is looking to create the same open
> environment that it enjoys on the desktop," [Avi
> Greengart] said.
>
>
>
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Thankyou
regards
sashi




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