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<DIV><SPAN class=093031519-04012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I saw
that and I was a little disheartened. I was hoping it was true, just like
rumors of a web-based office suite a month or two ago. At least Google is
keeping Microsoft on its toes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093031519-04012006><SPAN class=093031519-04012006><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The enemy of my enemy is my
friend?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=093031519-04012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I was
thinking something more like Google's compute experiment or <A
href="mailto:SETI@home">SETI@home</A> might be useful on the Google PC.
Google could fragment a problem - for example - OCRing all the text in
images on the web by breaking it down into pieces and having each machine work
through a fraction of an image as time and CPU permits. Nothing too time
sensitive. Of course you would have to have an algorithm to prioritize
which images were OCR'd first, and a way to break them down and distribute them
etc. etc. I've heard there are a few good minds a
Google.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Roach
[mailto:jroach@eastersealsia.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 04, 2006
1:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Cialug] OT: Daydreaming out loud<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/04/google_denies_pc/<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Google has
quashed a rumor that it plans to enter the ultra low-margin PC business. The
denial will surprise few given the speculative nature of the original
<CITE><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">LA Times</FONT></I></CITE> piece that made
the Google PC claim.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In a 2006
technology predictions story, the <CITE><I><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Times</FONT></I></CITE> declared, "Sources say Google has
been in negotiations with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., among other retailers, to sell a
Google PC. The machine would run an operating system created by Google, not
Microsoft's Windows, which is one reason it would be so cheap - perhaps as
little as a couple of hundred dollars.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Er, not so
fast.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Reporters
calling Google's public relations staff about the rumor were told it is "wholly
inaccurate." Similarly, Wal-Mart's rather busy PR team classified the
<CITE><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">Times</FONT></I></CITE> speculation as "a
rumor without any truth to it at all."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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cialug-bounces@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Aaron Porter<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:57
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On 1/3/06, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Nathan C.
Smith</SPAN></B> <<A href="mailto:smith@ipmvs.com">smith@ipmvs.com</A>>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>So I'm thinking about this "Google PC" at
Wal-Mart, and I'm thinking about<BR>Google's giant search engine machine and
I'm wondering "can they extend this<BR>to the computers they
sell?" So everyone's computer contributes a little to <BR>either
the processing, the knowledge, or both at Google Corporate?<BR>1) it would be
really clever and interesting if they pulled it
off<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>But I somehow doubt that most consumers of a $200
"PC like device" have reliable enough broadband to make it appealing to google.
Having vast cpu power paid for (and powered) by someone else is nifty, but not
so cool when you can't get to it. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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