Comments on: Why Google Chrome OS has already won http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/ Searching for world-changing technology Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christopher http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/comment-page-5/#comment-129386 Christopher Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:39:33 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/?p=6035#comment-129386 Mom's reply: "Update reminders? Sync? Oh gosh, I don't know anything about that stuff. Can you fix my solitaire so that it's wider on the screen? I'm not a computer person."<br>My reply: "Okay, maybe I'm not explaining this very well. How would you like a computer that just works all the time and where you could access any of your files by just typing in the name of them?"<br>Mom's reply: "Oh, dear, I'm not a computer person. I wouldn't even know how to turn the thing on."<br>My reply: "Easy, you just hit 'power'".<br>Mom's reply: "Oh gosh, you'll have to teach me this. I'll never remember. I don't want to learn anything new. I know how to go to my documents - it's this thing here on my desktop. Don't make me learn something new. Please!"<br>For many, many, many people, it doesn't matter how much better a technology is, the mere act of learning something different is enough to not want to adopt it. And I suspect that there are plenty of computer users like this, not just some. Mom's reply: “Update reminders? Sync? Oh gosh, I don't know anything about that stuff. Can you fix my solitaire so that it's wider on the screen? I'm not a computer person.”
My reply: “Okay, maybe I'm not explaining this very well. How would you like a computer that just works all the time and where you could access any of your files by just typing in the name of them?”
Mom's reply: “Oh, dear, I'm not a computer person. I wouldn't even know how to turn the thing on.”
My reply: “Easy, you just hit 'power'”.
Mom's reply: “Oh gosh, you'll have to teach me this. I'll never remember. I don't want to learn anything new. I know how to go to my documents – it's this thing here on my desktop. Don't make me learn something new. Please!”
For many, many, many people, it doesn't matter how much better a technology is, the mere act of learning something different is enough to not want to adopt it. And I suspect that there are plenty of computer users like this, not just some.

]]> By: Christopher http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/comment-page-5/#comment-123546 Christopher Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:39:33 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/?p=6035#comment-123546 Mom's reply: "Update reminders? Sync? Oh gosh, I don't know anything about that stuff. Can you fix my solitaire so that it's wider on the screen? I'm not a computer person."<br>My reply: "Okay, maybe I'm not explaining this very well. How would you like a computer that just works all the time and where you could access any of your files by just typing in the name of them?"<br>Mom's reply: "Oh, dear, I'm not a computer person. I wouldn't even know how to turn the thing on."<br>My reply: "Easy, you just hit 'power'".<br>Mom's reply: "Oh gosh, you'll have to teach me this. I'll never remember. I don't want to learn anything new. I know how to go to my documents - it's this thing here on my desktop. Don't make me learn something new. Please!"<br>For many, many, many people, it doesn't matter how much better a technology is, the mere act of learning something different is enough to not want to adopt it. And I suspect that there are plenty of computer users like this, not just some. Mom's reply: “Update reminders? Sync? Oh gosh, I don't know anything about that stuff. Can you fix my solitaire so that it's wider on the screen? I'm not a computer person.”
My reply: “Okay, maybe I'm not explaining this very well. How would you like a computer that just works all the time and where you could access any of your files by just typing in the name of them?”
Mom's reply: “Oh, dear, I'm not a computer person. I wouldn't even know how to turn the thing on.”
My reply: “Easy, you just hit 'power'”.
Mom's reply: “Oh gosh, you'll have to teach me this. I'll never remember. I don't want to learn anything new. I know how to go to my documents – it's this thing here on my desktop. Don't make me learn something new. Please!”
For many, many, many people, it doesn't matter how much better a technology is, the mere act of learning something different is enough to not want to adopt it. And I suspect that there are plenty of computer users like this, not just some.

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]]> By: Mitch K http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/comment-page-5/#comment-123381 Mitch K Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:41:25 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/?p=6035#comment-123381 TiVo TiVo

]]> By: Mitch K http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/comment-page-5/#comment-123380 Mitch K Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:25:03 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/?p=6035#comment-123380 To be fair, the Xandros distro used by the Asus eeePC was SUPER LAME and was a big part of the reason that linux netbooks didn't enjoy greater success. The full desktop Ubuntu performs great on my eee PC 900 netbook with 1 gig of ram.<br><br>And I say this as a Linux only user for the last 3 years --- Linux has about as much chance of "killing" Windows as Solar Power has a chance of killing coal fired power plants --- which is not to say the world would not be a better place if it were true. To be fair, the Xandros distro used by the Asus eeePC was SUPER LAME and was a big part of the reason that linux netbooks didn't enjoy greater success. The full desktop Ubuntu performs great on my eee PC 900 netbook with 1 gig of ram.

And I say this as a Linux only user for the last 3 years — Linux has about as much chance of “killing” Windows as Solar Power has a chance of killing coal fired power plants — which is not to say the world would not be a better place if it were true.

]]> By: Mitch K http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/20/why-google-chrome-os-has-already-won/comment-page-5/#comment-123362 Mitch K Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:38:07 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/?p=6035#comment-123362 Babies are born everyday that don't know a thing about windows, and when that baby is old enough to type and get online, mom and dad are going to put a $50 netbook in front of them and they will grow up never knowing that the world cannot spin on its axis without Windows. Babies are born everyday that don't know a thing about windows, and when that baby is old enough to type and get online, mom and dad are going to put a $50 netbook in front of them and they will grow up never knowing that the world cannot spin on its axis without Windows.

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