Platforms: Lest you thought Randall Kennedy would drop the Ubuntu topic after publicly disparaging the OS, he’s now gunning to find out what’s it’s like to quit the Windows habit cold turkey. “Of course, this is not my first time down Ubuntu road … however, I’ve never really jumped in with both feet, so to speak,” he writes in this Enterprise Desktop post. “If a dyed-in-the-wool Windows user like me can make the switch, anyone can.”The news beat: Google details the much-rumored Android mobile platform, an open development offering for mobile devices, which is backed by Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile and others. Dell plans to acquire EqualLogic for its iSCSI SAN wares optimized for virtualization. Gartner says IT leaders must prepare for a bumpy economy that holds the potential to change priorities and strategies of businesses. And EMC doubles its investment in China to $1 billion. Notes from the field: Robert X. Cringely presents the great social networking swindle of 2007. “MySpace spam isn’t new, but over the last two days something has gone seriously wrong with its junk mail filters,” Cringe reports. “If Google and the social networks of the world really want to do something useful, open, and cross platform, how about fixing the security problem first, then move on to the sheep tossing? Otherwise, social networks will quickly become just another social disease.” Related: Social media means business. Technology Industry