tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post3102336528489011512..comments2023-11-13T04:55:40.769-05:00Comments on Tuttle SVC: The Chromium OS AhaTom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-13369844767027881412009-11-29T19:01:37.037-05:002009-11-29T19:01:37.037-05:00Overall, Google's strategies tend to favor int...Overall, Google's strategies tend to favor interoperability, particularly compared to Microsoft's, which historically were based on lock-in, so yes, overall this isn't super scary.<br /><br />Regarding Flash on the image, the short answer is that this isn't an authorized image, and technically the guy who posted it shouldn't be redistributing Flash.<br /><br />My understanding is that Google will not be distributing "Chrome OS" as an installable package -- it will only be available pre-installed. So they'll do whatever they need to do to put Flash on those from the start, I'd imagine.<br /><br />There will likely be open source versions of "Chromium OS" available on the web, with installers, but you're right, they shouldn't ship with Flash, etc.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-67526100326899022842009-11-29T11:37:27.208-05:002009-11-29T11:37:27.208-05:00I tried it out from the site you linked to. If the...I tried it out from the site you linked to. If the whole OS is Free software, then dependency will only be a problem if users can't save and change local copies of their online data. I'm still not clear on if that's possible.<br /><br />Users need to understand the risk in using SaaS though. If privacy and transparent computing is important, a Free system that doesn't use the "cloud" to calculate and store data is what one needs. I suppose the transparency issue can be solved by AGPL-like licensing...but privacy can't be.<br /><br />What I couldn't understand is that I went to youtube and Flash was already installed. How did I get Flash without accepting a license agreement? And if I'm not agreeing to proprietary add-ons that just come with Chromium, how is it that Chromium is "open source"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com