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Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
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Here it comes: [URL]http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html[/URL]

I'm surprised it has taken them this long, actually. Microsoft is probably scrambling today to figure out how to keep Google out of their market.

BBC article on it: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139711.stm[/url]

Comments

  • sinclairsinclair Ranger
    I'd rather seeing Google doing what Google should do, and Microsoft staying where it should stay.

    Who really is the winner, if MS wins Google over the marketing/search engine front? That would mean loss of Google Earth, Gmail and lot's of their other 'free' services.

    And if Google wins MS in OS front (never going to happen, but you'll get the point), we'd be watching ads all over our desktops.

    Meanwhile Linux people are still trying to find a way how to make their own OS popular.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE=sinclair;182756]Meanwhile Linux people are still trying to find a way how to make their own OS popular.[/QUOTE]

    As far as I know, the "Google OS" is based on a minimalist linux. :D

    So, yeah, they are trying. ;)
  • Vertigo_1Vertigo_1 Ranger
    The apocalypse looms one step closer now.

    Microsoft = Gondor, Apple = Rohan, Google = Mordor, Elves = Unix.

    So are is Linux? The Ents? The Hobbits?
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Um...

    Microsoft = Mordor :p
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I like the way so-called analysts are calling it things like "the most competitive" OS in years, before we've even seen it or know what it [i]actually[/i] does. After all, if it's just a web browser in terms of usage, then the only place it will be competing is web browsing and maybe via Google Apps. It's not going to compete very well with all the other stuff Windows does, like CAD software or games or high-end multimedia or...
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Which is the primary use of netbooks, so that would make sense...
  • SpiritOneSpiritOne Magneto ABQ NM
    You know I saw a "netbook" not too long ago. It looks pretty much like a glorified PDA. Is there really a market for such a thing?
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    Netbooks are really popular in universities. Atleast there I see a lot of people using them. They are small and light and not very expensive.

    I on the other hand bought a 12" laptop/tablet for 750€ for school.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    [QUOTE=SpiritOne;182770]You know I saw a "netbook" not too long ago. It looks pretty much like a glorified PDA. Is there really a market for such a thing?[/QUOTE]

    I think you're mistaking a netbook for a UMPC. There's a distinct difference there.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE=Random Chaos;182769]Which is the primary use of netbooks, so that would make sense...[/QUOTE]

    Netbooks, yes, but they state it's for desktops as well. I suspect that this could become a major competitor in the low-cost, for-ma-and-pa desktop area, but I don't think it's likely to displace Windows in workplaces.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Which happens to be the same market (Netbooks) that MS is trying to lock up. It's the fastest growing market with little to no profit for vendors, but a big revenue potential for companies like Microsoft.

    However, Google entering into the Netbook market could be a huge threat to Microsoft's growth plans in the same market.

    Also, while they do mention desktops, that in the future. Their initial plans said that Google Chrome was going to target netbooks.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    If it means fewer computers that I am asked to fix, the better.
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    [QUOTE=Biggles;182774]Netbooks, yes, but they state it's for desktops as well. I suspect that this could become a major competitor in the low-cost, for-ma-and-pa desktop area, but I don't think it's likely to displace Windows in workplaces.[/QUOTE]

    I'm not sure it wouldn't have good application in a workplace environment. I've noticed in our company that desktops (and laptops to a certain extent) have been moving to thinner and thinner clients, with as much of the software being placed on shared systems as possible. Our ERP software runs through a Java client and many of the engineering softwares are only accessable through Citrix and similar portals.

    Laptops have not moved this way so much because of the need to work independently of the network at times. I see a move to OS similar to what Google is proposing as the next logical progression.

    Jake
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I belive right tool for the right job, and I see situations where this could work out well for a good number of people.
  • Lord RefaLord Refa Creepy, but in a good way
    This one time, in the band camp..
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE=croxis;182781]I belive right tool for the right job, and I see situations where this could work out well for a good number of people.[/QUOTE]

    I definitely agree with that, and this is the sort of OS I would recommend to my parents. As for workplaces, I guess it's going to depend a lot on the task the computer is performing. Perhaps if high-end software moves to a thin client model, this would be a good OS for the client (and then we could run the backend on unix, which would also be nice). If someone is just doing office work, it will probably depend on how much the company trusts Google Apps (in hindsight, perhaps this announcement is why Google Apps finally got out of beta last week?).
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