In a Vista World, I'm Dreaming of Gubuntu

The blogosphere has been singing both positive and negative tunes about Microsoft's latest offering in its long line of operating systems. Vista has been the talk of the town as of late, but there are still some of us who envision a world where more than one platform can thrive in the OS marketplace.

You can hardly browse technology news these days without coming across some mention of

Recent signs have given me hope, however, that this trend could be coming to an end in the not-too-distant future.

Just as it has is the OS realm, Google isn’t that far remove from attempting to challenge Windows for operating system superiority.

I know, I know; it’s a played out bit of speculation. The rumor mill has been churning for the past year with prognostication that Google is on the cusp of releasing an open-source alternative to Windows. It’s been dissected, analyzed, and pretty much beaten to death by the blogosphere at large, so I understand if yet more talk about the subject might seem a bit tired and played out.

I’m not going to debate the fine points, however. I won’t give you my top ten reasons why Google will team with the makers of Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl