Does Google Chrome OS further fragment Linux landscape? - Computerworld

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The question is: Will Chrome prove destructive to Linux by further fragmenting the landscape or overshadowing other players, or will it provide the name recognition and engineering prowess to finally nudge the free operating system into the mainstream? Or both? Computerworld checked in with six experts close to Linux and the netbook space to see what they think. : "There is no such thing as [one] Linux. So this doesn't really add to the fragmentation of Linux, because it's always been that way. What it does do, however, is add complexity to the ecology of netbooks. I also think because Google wants apps to be written in AJAX or JavaScript app, they won't care if Chrome OS has a lot of drivers." Gerry Carr, marketing manager at Canonical Ltd.

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