Google Plans a PC Operating System

[James Knott]

Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> This is the real kicker about the new google OS, from their blog:
>
> "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"
>
> So really google OS = linux kernel + browser, nothing innovative about
> this or even worth talking about. More like chome + linux and they
> call it an OS =)
>
>   
Actually, this is what Microsoft was fearing, when they attacked
Netscape.  Since the browser is being used, it can run anything a
browser can run.  This isn't just web sites, but includes Java etc. 
Think of one situation where this might be useful.  Many people fire up
their computer to simply surf the web.  This could boot up much faster,
similar to those mom boards that already boot into Linux, for such things.


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