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Rudy Godoy

Google boss backs subsidized Linuxbooks - 0 views

www.theregister.co.uk/...schmidt_on_netbooks

netbook microsoft future market

shared by Rudy Godoy on 07 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Schmidt called netbooks the "next generation" of the low-cost machines produced by Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative. "Products today are not completely done. Things are missing.
  • Such devices could rule the world, Schmidt said, because cloud online apps are the future. "Cloud computing is one of those changes that are going to happen - regardless of whether or not companies in the ecosystem want it to," he said. "IT systems today are so slow in the way that they evolve...We now have an opportunity to build a whole new generation of applications that cycle much faster."
  • Just as predictably, Schmidt began his Morgan Stanley Q&A by insisting that Google's search monopoly could vanish at any moment. He pointed to a recent snafu where Google's search engine blocked access to the entire internet.
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  • "We had a bug recently where we put a malware statement out for users, and in that time, Yahoo! searches gained very, very quickly," he said. "It looks like people will move very quickly from one search engine to another, for any number of reasons. We've looked at this very carefully."
  • "Eventually, it will make sense for operators and so forth to subsidize the use of netbooks so they can make services revenue and advertising revenue on the consumption. That's another new model that's coming."
  • Rudy Godoy on 07 Mar 09
     
    Google makes a smart move in expect to don't let Microsoft eat the whole pie of the upcoming netbook marketshare.
Rudy Godoy

ETech Preview: Why LCD is the Cool New Technology All Over Again - O'Reilly Radar - 0 views

radar.oreilly.com/...cd-is-the-cool-new-techno.html

olpc lcd

shared by Rudy Godoy on 13 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Rudy Godoy on 13 Feb 09
     
    Entrevista a Mary Lou Jepsen acerca del desarrollo de la pantalla LCD de las XO
Rudy Godoy

Technology Review: Doubts over India's $20 Laptop - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...22060

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shared by Rudy Godoy on 05 Feb 09 - Cached
  • "There are too many components that cost $20 by themselves, never mind as a package."
    • Rudy Godoy
      Rudy Godoy on 05 Feb 09
       
      En concreto los costos de algunas piezas y fabriación todavía no son tan bajos como para tener un equipo tan barato.
  • "it might be more plausible if we were talking about a 'fat keyboard' type of system that connects to a TV." After reading press coverage of the machine's specs, he adds that "it might be fine as an e-book reader, but I don't believe it will be a general-purpose machine."
  • "The technical data we have received to now suggests it is very inferior, but that does not matter at all,"
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  • Sakshat has two gigabytes of random-access memory and wireless and fixed Ethernet connections, consumes just two watts of power, and will be available in retail outlets in India in six months. Generally, though, the announcement raised more questions than it answered about what had actually been achieved.
  • Rudy Godoy on 05 Feb 09
     
    Hay dudas acerca de la posible fabricación de la laptop de $20 en India
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