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I still think it's going to be Android PC that's the next big (Linux) desktop OS. It has openness and it has the big support of Google.

Android is not suddenly going to be a desktop thing. It'll happen over time as Android devices become more and more important than desktops. An Android PC will serve to extend that Eco-system on the same level as iOS & OSX (but better since it's still fun).

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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with Google (a large corporation driven by advertising profits) owning the desktop too.

> It has openness and it has the big support of Google.

Google did not open up Android 3.0 when it did not suit them to do so (commercially). I've never heard of Redhat or Canonical doing something similar with one of their Linux releases.

If you saw 3.0 you know why - it was a giant fake hack which was not ready for phones. Opening it up would have destroyed confidence in the platform.

I'm not entirely comfortable with Google either, but I'm far less comfortable with Apple & M$.

As much as I love all these new touch UIs, I can't see myself using them on a desktop PC. The WIMP paradigm has way too many advantages on desktop to just be dropped.

Although if someone took Android and modified the application framework, windowing system, etc. to be a traditional WIMP desktop OS, I think that would definitely interest me.

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