{"id":140,"date":"2006-01-04T20:54:17","date_gmt":"2006-01-05T01:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/01\/04\/why-on-earth-would-google-do-a-pc\/"},"modified":"2006-01-04T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2006-01-05T01:54:17","slug":"why-on-earth-would-google-do-a-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/01\/04\/why-on-earth-would-google-do-a-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why on earth would Google do a PC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s been a mountain of chatter on the Web about rumours that Google might announce a Google PC – rumours that got a new lease on life from a recent piece in the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, although they have been around for a while<\/a>. Those rumours, which have been tracked by CNet<\/a>, have now been denied by a spokesman for the search giant<\/a>, and by Wal-Mart, which was supposed to be the company’s partner (along with Wyse Technologies).<\/p>\n

It’s a tempting rumour in part because people seem to lust for a strong competitor for Microsoft – and what better competitor than a cash-rich company with a great brand and a market value that is bigger than Coca-Cola<\/a> and Cisco Systems, and just behind IBM? A little Google cube with a version of Linux on it and some Web-based office software sounds so great<\/a>, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

The only downside is that it seems like a pretty stupid idea in a lot of ways, as Carlo at TechDirt<\/a> and John Battelle<\/a> have both noted. Why should Google bother selling such a system, when it can just avoid all the cost and hassle by distributing software that does the same thing on other people’s computers? I just don’t see the point. Neither does Alec Saunders<\/a>, (who invokes the ghost of Michael Cowpland).<\/p>\n

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There’s been a mountain of chatter on the Web about rumours that Google might announce a Google PC – rumours that got a new lease on life from a recent piece in the Los Angeles Times, although they have been around for a while. Those rumours, which have been tracked by CNet, have now been … <\/p>\n

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