CodeWeavers Package Google Chrome For Linux and Mac 239
jfbilodeau writes "The fine folks at Codeweavers performed an 11 day experiment in getting Google Chrome working on Linux and Mac. Their efforts resulted in the Chromium proof of concept. 'Not only does this give Mac and Linux users a chance to see what all the hype is about, it also lets the world see just how far Wine has come and how powerful it truly can be. In just 11 days, we were able to bring a modern Windows application across to Mac and Linux.' Caveat: their implementation is free as in beer but not free as in speech."
Yeah! (Score:5, Funny)
Giving Google all your data is not just for Windows users anymore!
TANSFAAFB! (Score:3, Funny)
There ain't no such thing as a free beer!
Re:Predictable, Really. (Score:5, Funny)
free as in beer
but not free as in speech
What of free from fear
Of corporate over-reach?
Yeah! Opera gives you corporate reach-around!
In Just 11 Days (Score:5, Funny)
'In just 11 days, we were able to bring a modern Windows application across to Mac and Linux.'
How long would it take to send it back?
All the vendors wave your hands in the air and say (Score:4, Funny)
BTW, we don't care about your hippy licensing schemes yet. Try back in 10 years.
Re:it is a remarkable achievement (Score:4, Funny)
Now, 12, that's just pushing it. And 10 would have been unrealistic.
Re:In Just 11 Days (Score:4, Funny)
'In just 11 days, we were able to bring a modern Windows application across to Mac and Linux.'
How long would it take to send it back?
It's like the trash in your collage apartment; let it start stinking first and then someone will take it out.
I give it about three days.
The Internet... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:TANSFAAFB! (Score:5, Funny)
It does if you've been drinking.
I feel so free! (Score:2, Funny)
Now I, a poor Linux user, can give Google [today.com] my confidential business data, bank account details, medical information, personal preferences in pornography and DNA code! And it'll all be entirely confidential between me and their marketing department!
But they're still not evil. If they were evil, I'd have to search using Windows Live.
Obviously (Score:1, Funny)
It's like the trash in your collage apartment; let it start stinking first and then someone will take it out. I give it about three days.
It's like the trash in your college apartment. Let it start stinking first and then everyone will continue to ignore it until the neighbors complain of the flies.
I give it about 3 weeks.
There, fixed it for you.
Re:Predictable, Really. (Score:3, Funny)
Ever heard of the best of both worlds?
Of course! That's one of my favorite episodes... :-P