Google to release what they think an OS should be:Chrome OS Will it kill M$?

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Introducing the Google Chrome OS
7/07/2009 09:37:00 PM

It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.

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.

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. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.

We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.

We have a lot of work to do, and we're definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision. We're excited for what's to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned for more updates in the fall and have a great summer.

Posted by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director

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Chrome OS Will it kill M$? : answer (No)

[danny]

no
madami na nag try pero
eto microsoft pa rin siya and still gooooiiiiiiinggggggggg
 

[voltaman_krc]

definitely not.
90% ng OS sa earth ay µ-soft at 10% ung mac at linux..
mhirap maovercome ung gnong kalaking % of users..
but i like using google chrome though, mas convenient at user friendly(few buttons lang)..
i think they should focus nalang sa google chrome browsers instead of making their own OS..

[ef - el - ay - pee]

ang isa pang hindi nila kinoconfirm na project eh ang evolution ng Google Docs to Google Office. What is Google up to?

[insomartin]

kunwari free ginagamit mo, sinasabi nila na free, then for the PREMIUM... you get my point. patitikimin ka lang nila nang libre. example... magoffer sila nang free internet hard drive. or FLICKR even... then kapag lumagpas kna sa free then bayad ka.
yahoo mail... kapag ang attachment mo is bigger than 10mb. go premium.

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i can't imagine a web application na babayaran mo. nung nasa adobe ako they tried making photoshop and acrobat online! pay per use! but why??? kasi they lose money due to piracy... may nakita ako sa dyaryo... Online payroll software? ha? online? nice try.

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Google Chrome OS is set specifically to those who live in the web. Windows is an all in one OS. Can Google catch-up with the versatility of Windows OS?  

After >10yrs Linux is trailling far far behind with Win OS, Google has a lot bigger resources than Linux and Microsoft has even lot bigger resources than Google.....$ $ $ $

[marcelino]

kaya nga siguro  "Google Chrome OS is set specifically to those who live in the web". perhaps di naman sila nagkikipagcompete sa microsoft.. na mention nga din yung netbooks... baka nga talaga web OS sya. So my answer is NO. kasi sa tingin ko di sila magkocompete. di ka naman siguro maggegaming sa netbook di ba? ... or magphotoshop? (at least di pa ako nakakita ng grupo na nagdoDOTA sa starbucks hehehe!)

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para saakin, ang linux ay papasukin ng pinoy kung maging strikto ang ang microsoft sa piracy. hehehe daming unlicensed PCs dito sa atin. naalala ko yung one time, may anti-piracy team na pumunta sa Naga, halos lahat ng net cafe nagLinux! hehehe So sa tingin ko strategy pa ng Microsoft ang mapirata sila. kung di nila ito iallow, perhaps linux na ang karamihan.

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On other views:
para saakin, ang linux ay papasukin ng pinoy kung maging strikto ang ang microsoft sa piracy. hehehe daming unlicensed PCs dito sa atin. naalala ko yung one time, may anti-piracy team na pumunta sa Naga, halos lahat ng net cafe nagLinux! hehehe So sa tingin ko strategy pa ng Microsoft ang mapirata sila. kung di nila ito iallow, perhaps linux na ang karamihan.

madami lang talagang pinoy ang let's say... dependent pa sa quality softwares nang big co. unlike sa opensource na linux. PERO! PERO! at pero madami na akong nakikita sa OFFICE that switching to linux... productivity issues and it's a damn great thing since sliced bread! parang osx...

[marcelino]

madami lang talagang pinoy ang let's say... dependent pa sa quality softwares nang big co. unlike sa opensource na linux. PERO! PERO! at pero madami na akong nakikita sa OFFICE that switching to linux... productivity issues and it's a damn great thing since sliced bread! parang osx...

sabi nga saakin nyan ni glenjoy, dahil sa ang mga pinoy mahilig sa libre, pagdating daw ng panahon lahat na naka linux! heheh

pero totoo, users are starting to transfer to open source. sinimulan na sa open-office.