gOS 3 Beta, Netbooks, and Linux: An Interview with David Liu, Founder of Good OS
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 06:02.
With the recent release of gOS 3 Beta, we thought it was prime time to take a closer look at the company responsible for creating the OS that powered the ill-fated Everex Cloudbook, and the gorgeous (and Mac OS X Leopard-inspired) gOS Space. We chewed the fat with David Liu, gOS founder and CEO, about the operating systems’ new features, potential competition from Ubuntu Netbook Remix, the push for consumer adoption, and the future of Linux on the desktop.
LAPTOP: When did gOS originally launch?
David Liu: We call it g-O-S, but a lot of people do call it “gOS” [rhymes with “loss”]. It publically launched on November 1st, 2007. That’s when we came out with the Walmart PC with our partner Everex. We had another partner called Sylvania that did a similar unit to the Cloudbook, and now we’re working with different manufacturers in Taiwan. A lot of it is still focused on netbooks and internet appliance type of products.
Does gOS have a set release schedule or do you release whenever you can add something new to the mix?
Killer apps make money for users ? Pay for convenience ?
If you don't have to pay, why use it? The reason why OpenOffice(as a killer app) failed.
WordPerfect was a killer application. You know it is the best, and you have to pay to own it. Once you paid, you have to learn how to use it to make money with it.
But email took the killer part away, because WordPerfect needed a laser printer. Email can reach your target easier in less time and no formality(created by WordPerfext) is needed.
Today, WordPerfect can not do camera and text editor with wizards for training films; and will never qualify as a killer application anymore?
Many distros are looking for killer apps. But they are not found in open source apps because the community does not know how to make money? You have to know first, who is willing to pay for it. Even Google did not know, except advertizing will pay?
Today, video production will pay. YouTube & Myspace all need material for hobbies, and cable and telco need half hour programming for pay.
Footnote:
4 killer apps suggestions?
Video composer with same expensive camcorder software.
Audio composer with same music keyboard software.
Utility hypervisors, data security, integrity, and dynamic data segmented transfer speed(download accelerator in 7 threads).
ERP based on accounting, scheduler(spreadsheet) and periodic summary reports.