What Lies Ahead for Chrome OS?

by Sam Dean - Nov. 16, 2009Comments (6)

So rumor has it that Google's Chrome OS, which had been slated to arrive some time next year, is about to arrive as a beta release. As I pointed out this morning, netbooks based on it may help preserve open source influence on a hot hardware category, but is Chrome OS likely to be a smash hit?

When the news of Chrome OS first arrived, I collected some things I felt it had in its favor, and some things that are not in  its favor. While Google's Android mobile operating system is really starting to take off, I still think Chrome OS faces challenges.

Chrome OS won't arrived in final form until months after Windows 7 has had a good opportunity to become entrenched on netbooks, and Google has said that the operating system is aimed at the netbook space. Also, GigaOm noted here that Google isn't really in favor with telecom giants, who are predicted to play a big part in how netbooks are distributed.

But most of all, we have yet to see what kind of application ecosystem there will be for Chrome OS. Will systems with it come loaded with lots of Google apps and that's all? As David Coursey says here, Google may very well position Chrome OS as a portal to cloud-based applications and pay little attention to applications available at the local level.

For many reasons, I think Chrome OS will have to jump some hurdles to succeed. Still, people love all things Google, and I expect the new operating system to find some fans.

 


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Android seems to be doing so much better. Why have 2 OS efforts going on?


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I'm actually very excited for this. We've overcomplicated OS' for years and a simple "why didnt I think of that" method is much needed.


Great post.


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Comparing Win7 and Chrome OS is like comparing apples and oranges. Windows becomes more powerful to the degree Microsoft forgets the past and freshens things up. That is why Win7 is starting off so good. But remember, Win7 ties you into a monopoly, gives away your right to data formating and is still a monolithic creature that brands you into someone else's image of what is best practice. Chrome OS is small, tight, fast code, more secure, and with more of a future, with its add-on philosophy. And remember, it is open source code, so virtually everyone can re-brand their OS and supported software.


Why is Google doing this? I propose Google insiders were just too impatient with the slow moving open source world and its MS copy-i-tous, which in a real sense is a computer equivalent to coitus interruptous. IE 8 came out, Firefox 3. came out and they are just too damn slow, cumbersome and old hat. After using Chrome browser I went back to anything else only when I was forced to. At the very least, win7 machines will dual boot the two.


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The cloud computing which where google is heading is platform independent. If we look at where we are heading we could put any OS, Chrome OS, windows, linux or apple as desktop. This way nobody can monopolize the desktop market like microsoft did so far. Another thing all the desktop os we have like windows or apple they were created with focus on the desktop which we really don't need specially in a corporate world (specially in the cloud computing). These OS which are desktop focused are really use not useful in corporate world, corporate world means business not how beautiful your desktop icons look like. These desktop focused OS are a waste of money for the corporate world, Corporations are being pushed for hardware and software upgrade almost every five year, a huge waste of money. Think by yourself from the time of windows 98 up till now how many upgrades we did and did that actually meant anything in computing?. In this scenario don't mix up with a home user who wants to play games, the gaming consoles are getting popular now and pc gaming is already loosing market.


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I don’t understand their policy, too. Though of course they can allow this privilege. You know not long ago I read one research (found it at the pdf search engine http://pdf.rapid4me.com ) about R&D in different companies. It was proven that only large and rich companies can spend money on it. You know, it is a very short period that a company can use the advantage of a new product. Then it is copied by other companies and the sales of the main company decline.


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