From the point of view of a serious organization, I don't think it was such a good choice - a large part of Google's audience are people who just use the computer to work, can barely use it, and any deviation from standard behavior prompts panic and a call to help desk (us!) to ask why the hell did the computer start making noises and playing games by itself, and how we should run there to run an antivirus check and preferably take the computer outside and burn it with a flame thrower lest the nasty virus spread through the network and wreak havoc in the organization.

From the point of view of a geeky videogame addict, I'd say it kicks ass. And people who get too concerned with it should get a life. Or maybe play a game or two :)

I've been bitching about Flash for years now. And no, I don't care about the lack of Flash on my iPhone; actually I consider it a feature.

Work properly? from Microsoft? the company that made "Microsoft Works" an oxymoron? I don't think so.

On the Desktop OS arena, one always has to have SOME degree of MSFT compatibility. On smartphones there's plenty of choice and Microsoft is but a small player. So why even bother? let's keep them relegated to a corner.

Dude, wear your headphones and get one of these.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/gadgetscomputing/2940/

"all I can I don't suppose you'll find one that bluescreens as easily as windoze. Might as well accept your fate and stop looking. Oh, I also don't recommend Mac OS, for pretty much the same reason.

Um, not really. As anyone who actually lives in a metric country and has had the metric system and its history pounded into his brain for years beginning in elementary school, the french came up with the metric system in the late 18th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system