Submitted by Terrence Brown04.05.2008
It seems every day Google is coming up with new ways to impact our daily lives.
Therefore, one could reason Google's Android cellphone OS was simply the beginning as Google looks towards home and business computing (and not purely running software inside a browser window).
One potential growth market could be a more fully developed OS.
This is a prediction that Google will announce plans before the end of the year to release an open source operating system - i.e., one that can be fully operational on a desktop computer and serve as a basis for that computer - not simply Android as it currently stands running on a PC, nor an emulator, but a real-deal OS. (Let us not mince words.)
If this comes true, this operating system will be viewed as a direct threat against Windows and OS X.
The intended goal need only be announced by Google publicly, that it also be open source based, and reported by the mainstream media in the US some time in 2008. Rumors do not count. It needs to be official.
This prediction will close bets on Dec. 24, 2008, and be judged on Dec. 31, 2008.
(Ed. note: Prediction has been modified by The Standard edit staff.)
Suggested Odds50.00%
Prediction Close Date:12.24.2008 (EST)
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This would probably need to close a bit farther down the calendar, no? Maybe shoot for "end of year"?
I don't know what's being predicted.
What triggers a 100% result? What triggers a 0% result?
Are prediction titles considered a canonical part of the text? I'd like to see explicit criteria listed inside any suggestion for it to be accepted (or acceptable).
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