Google Announce Operating System Plans
Google announced their plans to develop an operating system this week. It will be known as Google Chrome OS. This announcement follows the launch of their web browser Google Chrome earlier on in the year and is sure to set Microsoft into worry mode.
Initially Google will be offering the operating system to netbook users who are already using Chrome as their browser and according to their website the operating system will be ready for this by the end of 2010. Eventually the operating system will run on any laptop or pc.
According to Google,
‘Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds.’
Microsoft suffered with the release of Windows Vista which had many flaws. Despite this however they still hold 88% of the operating system market. This October it will release Windows 7 which is reportedly an excellent operating system. Some critics doubt whether the Google Chrome Operating System will have any impact at all on Microsoft but others disagree.
‘Let’s be clear on what this really is,” MG Seigler, a TechCrunch writer, said. “This is Google dropping the mother of bombs on its chief rival, Microsoft.’
The proof will be in the pudding. Its simple, if it helps us then it will do well, if it does not provide any advantages then it won’t.
One important problem will be that most businesses rely on many applications which will not be supported by Google Chrome OS. For example, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver. After all Google does have the little used Google Docs! Ultimately Google is used to large doses of failure and success. It can afford to play and tease with the amount of revenue it earns. Which ever way it goes Google will rise to live another day and in the mean time – we are all talking about them yet again!
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