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10 Reasons Why Microsoft Should Fear Chrome OS

Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Robert Stein

Apple won't need to worry about the release of Chrome OS nearly as much as Microsoft will. Apple is a hardware company. Mac OS X holds a relatively small percentage of market share in the software space and it isn't competing against Windows-based netbooks. But Microsoft does need to worry about Google and its Chrome operating system. Microsoft is competing heavily in the netbook market, on which Chrome OS has its sights firmly set. Moreover, it has online services of its own, in Azure and Office Online, that underscore its desire to move to the Web. Simply put, there is a lot at stake for Microsoft when Chrome OS is released. And it needs to act quickly to stymie Chrome OS' growth.

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#1 By 79018 (74.70.9.133) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 06:33:58 AM

I agree sort of, I wouldn't have the Chrome OS on my primary PC, but on my second I would.
My concern with Chrome OS is privacy as Google is notorious at following your every input.
The second reason I wouldn't want to be totally dependent on an internet based OS.
For a lot of people Chrome OS would be fine.
I think Apple should be concerned as well, think about it, a free OS already installed on a Netbook with Google voice, then you would have a challenge to the iPhone as well.
Have you noticed the huge improvement on Google maps street level images?

#2 By 17855 (205.167.180.132) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 07:35:02 AM

The article fails to mention that Chrome is based off of Linux and Google has not been very open to open source. This alone will isolate Chrome within the Linux community and it will not enjoy the same developer support as Ubuntu. Also I thought when Novell purchased SUSE that would qualify as a major company offering an OS to market.

I won't even go into Microsoft's vast product, service and support offerings.

Apple should always be scared, they cater to the trendy crowd.

#3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 01:59:21 PM

I don't see ChromeOS going anywhere except on netbooks or desktop-based kiosks.

#4 By 37 (96.42.32.6) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 05:28:59 PM

I see Chrome OS as the first competitor for Windows, and it's about time.

#5 By 17996 (131.107.0.86) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 08:03:52 PM

I'm just waiting for Chrome OS to get a big enough marketshare so that Windows no longer has a "monopoly." Then Microsoft could start up its big bad anti-competitive practices again and they'd be perfectly legal this time...

#6 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 08:46:02 PM

I tried out another "cloud based OS" once for about two days on my home fast internet connection.

Can someone explain to me why anyone would subject themselves to this?

(I would point out that my mom still won't get rid of Win98 since she is just getting the hang of it about now.)

#7 By 23275 (68.117.163.128) at Thursday, November 19, 2009 09:25:11 PM

#4, I think you're right that Chrome is going to emerge as a serious competitor.

Global economics are going to be a driver and as emerging markets and up and coming power houses lke China, India and Brazil convert from export economies to selling a lot internally, Chrome is going to be attractive to large numbers of people. These markets are where the growth is and the low cost products they have been selling us to the point of saturation are going to find homes inside their own borders. Since there is little regard for IP and SW piracy is common, Google's Chrome OS on low cost hardware is likely to be popular - at least early on as their economies diversify.

I have been astonished at how fast China has been able to reorient their focus from selling into the EU and North American markets to selling within. Our economic downturn has done the one thing for them that nothing else could have - it's taught them how to develop their own markets, making them less dependent upon ours. Chrome is ideal for them and at the right moment in their development.

#8 By 9589 (71.54.56.105) at Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:48:31 AM

I can't wait until the Chrome OS emerges. What is it, the end of next year? Which is seemingly a lifetime in this digital age. But, hey, then, the open sore crowd can say, "It's the year of the Chrome OS" lol

Iketchum, while I agree that especially in the orient IP and SW piracy is common, just like the developed countries, their people want it all. They will not be content with a web only "appliance." Just like hardly anyone is content with a OS that few apps run on, i.e. Linux. They want the underlying OS to be able to do anything that they throw at it. They want games, business apps, videos, music, etc. all running on the same computer from a fully functional OS.

#9 By 37 (96.42.32.6) at Sunday, November 22, 2009 07:25:45 AM

Chrome OS will be offline as well, does business apps, videos, music and will operate as a fully functional OS.

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