Todd Boss

How is Microsoft trying to ensure wide acceptance of their new OS?  By lying to the very people that consumers trust to help them pick the right PC (the fact that this trust is entirely misplaced is another story).

Quite simply, MS knows that if they go through another Vista-like release, it’s game over.  Apple and Google (with the upcoming Chrome OS) are in a good position to take even more marketshare if they stumble with Windows 7.

It’s really a shame that Microsoft feels the need to  resort to lies here.  They actually did a pretty good job with Windows 7, and it would stand on its own without spreading a bunch of FUD to the Blue Shirt “experts.”

I’m currently using Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my Acer Aspire One and love it.

Next year, Google will be releasing the Chrome OS.  Chrome OS will be a quick-booting, minimalistic platform that will support running web applications (think Google Apps, etc.) on Chrome.  It will initially be released on netbooks.

The cool part?  It runs on a Linux kernel.  This will be great for Linux marketshare (although most folks will probably have no idea that they’re not using Windows anymore). :)

Wicked.

Sweet.  Now I won’t have to boot into Windows to play my old PC games.  Too bad I just installed Simcity 4 on Windows 7 last night.