His latest foray into "Linux is the next big thing" is a discussion of running on future . Stephen then over-generalizes to call Android "Google's..own contender for desktop operating system king." And in a paragraph that starts by talking about Windows 7, no less.

This is simply wrong.

Android is in no serious danger of becoming a desktop contender now or in the immediate future. Windows is and will remain King of the Desktop until something really dramatic happens. That's not Android.

Stephen talks about Android netbooks by year-end but the tone of the piece makes me wonder when he thinks the desktops will follow. It seems like expects them Q1 2010, but I may be reading too much into his posting.

The piece is, unintentionally I think, a bit of bait-and-switch, starting with desktops (where Android is very unlikely) and then using netbooks as the actual example. There is a big difference between netbooks and desktops, and Android is a good example to bounce them against.