Google, one of the best implementers (see Google Labs) of Information Technology on the planet, actually uses Ubuntu Linux internally. This is a huge endorsement – regardless of what anyone thinks of the Linux vs Windows debate.
I discovered this in an article which was to counteract The Register’s assertion on their website yesterday: Google at work on desktop Linux. However, according to Google’s technology spokeswoman, Sonya Borälv, “we use Ubuntu internally but have no plans to distribute it outside of the company.”
One other thing…Ubuntu is based on Debian, which is also considered a rock-solid and reliable platform. I also posted a blog entry on Xandros – another excellent desktop Linux distribution with a Debian heritage.
To conclude, Google is too busy at the moment with Google Video, GMail, Google Talk, Google Earth, and other projects to be focused on supplanting Microsoft’s stranglehold on the desktop. But if any one could do it, I’d give them the torch since everything they touch apparently turns to gold. Most importantly, they have an aura of goodwill that would be the envy of any Microsoft executive. Heck, all of its competitors!
All in all, this is great news for Linux though.
Happy computing!
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Related links:
- Google denies plans to distribute OS based on Ubuntu
- NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Ubuntu
- More Hints and Speculation on “Goobuntu”
- Linux vs Microsoft XP: Optimizations Make Linux the Killer Desktop
- Desktop Linux: If we build it, will they come?
- Windows Dominates on the Desktop
- ‘China has f*cked us’ – Bill Gates
- Software vision ain’t what it used to be at Microsoft
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