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But why think so small? After all, if Android can run on a phone, why couldn't it run on a tablet PC? Or an e-book reader? Or a media player? Or, right, the desktop on your desk at work?
See what I'm getting at? For Google, a gPhone, or even an OS for all phones, is probably aiming too low.
An operating system for all computers everywhere, one that's open source and owned by no one and maintained by everyone: Any such effort would be a huge threat to a computing industry that, fundamentally, has long been bent on keeping platforms closed (whether we're talking about Apple or Microsoft). Well, that's more in line with Google's grand aims.
As other comm enters have pointed out, this already exists. It has existed for like a decade now. It's called Linux (or GNU/Linux if you're anal retentive). Where have you been, Farhad?
There has been speculation for years that Google would bring its own Linux distro to market, and this may be the beginning of that move. If they choose to start with phones, that's certainly an interesting choice. But let's be clear here, Linux is revolutionary. Google marketing Linux to the masses is evolutionary.
