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Introducing the Google Chrome OS | |
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| Time: 00:26 EST/05:26 GMT | News Source: | Posted By: Michael Dragone | ||
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Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve. |
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| #1 By 12071 (203.214.21.35) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 03:51:58 AM |
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Breaking News from Lloyd and parkkker:
Warning!! - Users should stay away from Google Chrome OS and in fact anything made by Google. This OS will only be used by: - Democrats - Members of the EU - Socialists - Communists - Paedophiles - Homosexuals - The faithless - Anyone that's gone to University (/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=47480&Group=1) And you do NOT want to be associated with that crowd! This isn't even a real OS!! There's no Solitaire or Mindsweeper included! |
| #2 By 3 (86.1.33.75) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 06:53:42 AM |
| All competition is good competition. |
| #3 By 230538 (74.219.160.9) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 07:15:23 AM |
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Hmmm.. Would first test in a VM environment and see what it's like.. Should be interesting to say the least..
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| #4 By 143 (96.28.64.244) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 07:19:36 AM |
| It's still linux with a cool name because being cool is most important. |
| #5 By 8556 (173.27.242.53) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 07:34:02 AM |
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"It should just work."
Should. Such a high level of confidence is overwhelming. |
| #6 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 07:46:21 AM |
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#2: Competition is good, as long as they're allowed to compete. You know MS won't take this lying down. As soon as the names of the hardware OEM(s) comes out, you just know that MS will come a'knockin with advice about how it would be better for them to kill Chrome OS and go with Windows -- or else.
#5: To me it read more like a stated goal as opposed to bravado. |
| #7 By 17855 (205.167.180.131) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 08:18:15 AM |
| People threw a fit when Vista was different from XP. Does anyone seriously think Chrome OS will get any traction in the mainstream PC market. Microsoft won't have to knock on OEM's doors, the consumer will do it for them. And the enterprise won't touch it until it proves itself. It's really a Catch 22 for any non Microsoft OS. |
| #8 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 08:35:07 AM |
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This may gain some traction where similar attempts have failed. ExpressGate, etc.. works identically and is found on many ASUS main boards and complete OEM netbooks, notebooks and PC's.
Where Google makes some assumptions about what people want, ExpressGate has tried also. Perhaps with the Google brand and bundled with Google Apps and other products, this will have a chance and do well on netbooks initially and if a large enough group of developers move over in support of it, it could break out and onto mainstream desktops and notebooks. Since it will be "free" or largely free to end users and businesses - being that it drives people to Google's web, it will be very hard to compete with it on price. I don't think that it represents competition in any direct sense - since the business models are so different. Meaning... MS can't compete with it in similar ways. It's competitive in a disruptive sense where the end user is conditioned to think less is actually more. In our new world, which leverages this message - less is more, aspiration is evil, individuals becoming successful is evil (of course governments and the massive corporations they own and control can be wealthy as well as their party officers and functionaries - just not you), this has a chance to succeed. Is however, that the kind of success you want? I think it's priceless how they reach out to the FOSS/OSS community - we need you to help us become even more powerful and we promise to pretend to respect and value you; however, we have no intention of sharing our mega billions with you, because that would be evil. |
| #9 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 09:34:06 AM |
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I do not know exactly what this OS will be and, even more important, how it will evolve in V.2,3 etc.
For sure I remember very well when a lot of people, almost everybody in the business sector, were saying that a weird app called "Windows" was totally useless, too fancy and they were more than satisfied with DOS and Wordstar. What I mean is that I would not drop this latest development in the OS evolution so quickly; it could fail or not..... It just seems too early to say although I am personally very suspicious of Google... "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes". BTW Iketchum: corporations owns governments and not the other way around; corporations need to control governments to leverage ways to increase profits. Behind the smoke screens of ideals and just causes wars have always been started and fought to achieve economics objectives and as you know very well Von Clausewitz stated a long time ago, and very accurately I would say, that war is just an extension of politics. This post was edited by Fritzly on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 09:36. |
| #10 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 09:42:57 AM |
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please see, http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/gazelle-062909.aspx
Now, compare stack against stack and as I have said many times, expect MS to compete and eventually, render the browser as we know it, obsolete. Fritz, I think we're saying the same things... corporations and government are one in the same now. Which came first is less terrifying to me than what together they represent - tyranny and despotism where nothing is possible and where a man dares to aspire he is slaughtered. Call it whatever you want - national socialism, socialism, communism... does not matter... take away a man's right and ability to aspire and you leave him with nothing to work for and he moves from one bottle of booze to the next to kill the pain. I've seen it and it is worse than death. I don't trust Google any more than you do. I don't trust anyone that does not respect individual privacy. Fritz, you are wise to do so - Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans even if/when bearing gifts This post was edited by lketchum on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 13:19. |
| #11 By 92283 (24.64.223.204) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:01:16 AM |
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#1 Kabuki, you know perfectly well Chrome OS comes with games.
The #1 Google OS game is "All your private info belongs to Google!!!". The #2 game is "Can you pick out your applications from between all the ads that will be on your desktop?" This post was edited by NotParkerToo on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 11:01. |
| #12 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:20:06 AM |
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Amazing! Latch can't comment on an article without railing against Microsoft with the same tired old arguments and Ketchum just can't resist dragging the hackneyed populist crap into every post.
Two peas in a pod - albeit opposite ends of the pod. |
| #13 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:34:12 AM |
| #12: Considering Microsoft's LONG history of dirty tricks and anti-competitive behaviour, I can't even begin to fathom giving them the benefit of the doubt, especially when ChromeOS is threatening Microsoft's biggest cash cow. I have no problems with MS marketing against ChromeOS or showing how its inferior compared to Windows or by improving their own offerings in the netbook space. But we all know MS doesn't stop at the ethical boundaries of competition. |
| #14 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:41:50 AM |
| #13: What part of my comment made you think I wanted you to repeat your credo for the 50 millionth time? |
| #15 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:16:05 PM |
| #14: The part where you called me amazing. I was wearing my parkkker(tm)-brand selective text filter though, so maybe something got lost in the translation. |
| #16 By 89249 (64.207.240.90) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 01:13:45 PM |
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Who wants to bet Netbooks in their current implementation are all but extinct in 3 years.
Watch how people use their phones. They don't just want to text message... receive their e-mails. Now they want to browse the web, install software they find useful... even that isn't enough once they have it. MS will produce a netbook priced and compatible operating system to allow you to use your netbook however you like. I think its just fine and dandy that Google is doing this, but frankly they are jumping on a bandwagon that won't last much longer. Now, their phone OS may be the right step but even then I still don't know a single person with an Android phone... that's not to say they aren't out there of course. |
| #17 By 89249 (64.207.240.90) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 01:17:00 PM |
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And Latch bro, ChromeOS isn't even touching Microsoft's marketshare if its built for Netbooks. Netbook OS installations barely scratch MS's bottom line.
Granted it will be interesting, but creating an OS that browses the web isn't want consumers are crying out for in the long run :/ |
| #18 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Wednesday, July 08, 2009 02:21:50 PM |
| #17: That's the beauty of the market; it will pick the winners. If consumers really don't want netbooks, they will disappear soon enough. However, I'm not so sure. I have a Blackberry Bold, and as nice as it is, browsing the web is a pain in the ass on these little devices. The screen is too small to read the average page without multiple zoom levels. Typing anything is also slow & painful (unless you happen to be a 12-yr-old girl in which case you're already typing 150 wpm on these things.) One of our sales guys has a small Samsung netbook and it looks pretty sweet to me. The screen is small but readable and the larger keyboard is actually pleasant to use. |
