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In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 02:38:33 PM »
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15446/business/in-three-years-desktops-will-be-irrelevant-google-sales-chief

Let's mark our calenders for the day this dude will have egg on his face. Smartphones are fine when you are on the go, but you can't do actual serious work unless you are on a desktop.

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“In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs,” Herlihy told a baffled audience

huh?


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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 04:50:23 PM »
Timer set to go off on March 4, 2013.  Thanks for the warning.

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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 04:57:46 PM »
"They will built cities around 'It'".

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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 05:07:52 PM »
In the year two thousand.. In the the year two thousaaaaand!

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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 09:04:56 PM »
Haha, what the fuck?  Most research in Japan isn't done on smartphones.  This guy's a fucking lunatic.

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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #5 on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 10:47:05 PM »
haha yea

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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #6 on: Thursday, March 04, 2010, 11:35:27 PM »
Weird.  Google has a pretty in depth hiring process to ensure they only pick the best applicants.  How the fuck did this guy make it?  Most of what he said there was either retarded or didn't make sense.

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Re: In three years desktops will be irrelevant - Google sales chief
« Reply #7 on: Friday, March 05, 2010, 09:09:25 AM »
It's all self-serving drivel.  The idea is to promote so-called "cloud computing", which just happens to be right up Google's alley.  What a fortunate coincidence.  He'll win over some gullible sheep too.