[PLUG-TALK] Google Earth

[znmeb at cesmail.net]

Quoting Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>:

>    I have read quite a bit about Google's new service, particularly on User
> Friendly. So, I thought I'd give it a try. However, it's strictly a Microsoft
> application! Considering that google runs a lot of linux and other F/OSS,
> this really surprised me.
>
>    Does anyone here know if this issue was brought to google's attention?
>

My guess is that was a conscious and deliberate decision by Google's executives,
not an issue to be "discovered" by the F/OSS community and "brought to Google's
attention." I need to boot up Windows anyhow; perhaps I'll check it out. :)