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The first threat to Microsoft Windows since BeOS
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LOL WUT
Dolph is 100% correct.
I bought a Acer Aspire One with linpus on but i wanted to use the programs i am familiar with and those Apps were written for Windows. You see i wanted and needed a very small laptop/netbook but it had to run specific software that i use so i put Windows 7 on and never looked back
I also think people buy netbooks with the intention of just surfing the web etc. then realise there quite capable running the same software as laptops etc. without the bulk, Having Chrome OS on a netbook will be a step backwords and would be as restrictive as linpus was unless it could run software written for Windows
I bought a Acer Aspire One with linpus on but i wanted to use the programs i am familiar with and those Apps were written for Windows. You see i wanted and needed a very small laptop/netbook but it had to run specific software that i use so i put Windows 7 on and never looked back
I also think people buy netbooks with the intention of just surfing the web etc. then realise there quite capable running the same software as laptops etc. without the bulk, Having Chrome OS on a netbook will be a step backwords and would be as restrictive as linpus was unless it could run software written for Windows
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Good move by Google. Might be a winner. Lets wait and see
I'm sure Google will find a way to monetize it, I wouldn't worry about that. If they are using the Linux kernel and are open-sourcing the project then a lot of the donkey work is covered. Canonical have some cloud services in the pipeline that are subscription based, maybe there will will be free and premium options.
In my opinion it could be a hit, but nowhere near the "Windows killer" some articles would have you think. I think if it gains somewhere between Linux and OSX popularity it would be considered a success.
There will be so many issues around privacy, uptime, network connection speed and security it boggles the mind so I think the OS will very much cut it's teeth in the netbook market. It will be very interesting to see it evolve.
They will have to ensure that the OS runs well without a fast Internet connection and that it still operates if "Google" catches a cold
That would be critical for me - it's got to work well with no Internet connection and also a cellular (high latency, low bandwidth, data that costs) connection.
It's Linux; it has better security, uptime, network efficiency and whatever else you want than Windows anyway
To be honest even back then if you take id software engines out of the equation, OpenGL was very much playing 2nd fiddle even to Glide, never mind DX.
In the short-medium term at least any OS other than Windows will be considered a niche market by developers/publishers and aside from a few studios I can't see many moving away from DX. With more and more cross platform games nowadays (i.e. released on consoles too) I doubt OGL will take off even if it was technically equal or slightly superior to DX.
Moving back on topic I suppose Google has already had some success on mobiles and they are just trying to expand into other low-end markets. As mentioned for people just wanting to do basic internet stuff like web, email etc they may be able to gain some following if priced cheaply. It could also be a good platform to push their other technology like Chrome (browser) and Google docs etc.
This will go no where, if they did make a fully blown os it would not have any bigger market
share than mac osx, which it just horrid, love laughing at art yuppies trying to use them
and failing.
Really what would be more impressive if someone could make a OS that could natively run
windows apps, just have to whine to the EU and they would prob grant permission.
share than mac osx, which it just horrid, love laughing at art yuppies trying to use them
and failing.
Really what would be more impressive if someone could make a OS that could natively run
windows apps, just have to whine to the EU and they would prob grant permission.
Too much is being made of this. I'm pretty sure that Google isn't intending Chrome OS to compete directly with Windows. For one thing, that's a battle they're unlikely to win. For another, what would be in it for Google? Chrome OS is going to be free, open-source software - it won't make Google money in itself. The point of it is to lock users into Google's web services, since that's where they make money.
It'll be great for browsing with Google Chrome and emailing with GMail and working with Google Docs. It will do this effectively and securely. But take away the internet connection and it'll be pretty much useless. What's in it for Google to develop a robust OS for gaming? And you can expect to be discouraged from using your favourite desktop office suite or mail client, because then you wouldn't be in Google's revenue stream.
This isn't about beating MS at its own game. It's about moving the battlefield from the desktop onto the internet, where Google has the upper hand. It's about as different from Windows as an OS can get - Google know they can't beat MS on the desktop, so they're drawing the lines somewhere else. And I have the feeling that at this stage, it's pretty speculative.
It'll be great for browsing with Google Chrome and emailing with GMail and working with Google Docs. It will do this effectively and securely. But take away the internet connection and it'll be pretty much useless. What's in it for Google to develop a robust OS for gaming? And you can expect to be discouraged from using your favourite desktop office suite or mail client, because then you wouldn't be in Google's revenue stream.
This isn't about beating MS at its own game. It's about moving the battlefield from the desktop onto the internet, where Google has the upper hand. It's about as different from Windows as an OS can get - Google know they can't beat MS on the desktop, so they're drawing the lines somewhere else. And I have the feeling that at this stage, it's pretty speculative.
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Google are fundamntaly an advertising company, that is how they make money. All the technology they produce is soley to drive advertising revenues. The Google business plan is based on the age old idea that to sell a lot of marmalade you give away the toast free.
It helps to think of Google not as a technology company that has come up with a different way of giving software away for free. Rather as an advertising company that has come up with "free" software to guarantee an audience for advertising revenues and have customers hand over personal details for targeted advertising sold on to Google's "real" customers, the advertisers.
That's not to say it's a bad thing, or there's nothing in it for Google users, just that you need to be pragmatic about who and what Google are. They didn't make billions of $ by just altruistically giving away software for free because they are nice guys.
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Just lol at the sceptics in this thread. It's Google ffs. Not some small collection of open source contributors. It's Google. The multi-billion valued corporation that have been at the forefront of innovative software development for nearly a decade. They are not going to reincarnate windows, they will do their own thing, and if their other software is to go by, it'll be a new paradigm and not just a reglossing. How this is "terrible" for them is utterly incomprehensible. They might lose a bit of cash on it, but so what? It's Google. How much did Google Earth cost them? How much did Streetview cost them? This will be utterly pale in comparison.
yeah it's pretty weak to assume that the OS will do badly or is a bad thing in the long run because it certainly won't be. No Google service to date has flopped or received bad press after launch and that's not likely to change.
It's a streamlined OS aimed at people who need to get connected with minimal hassle and work under the this type of cloud environment. If you want DirectX gaming and stuff then you're going to have Windows .
People seem to be forgetting what the target is for Google's OS
People seem to be forgetting what the target is for Google's OS
agreed, it's more a threat to Windows netbook aspirations than it is to the Windows platform itself. If Google Chrome OS is indeed succesful, i'm guessing it will force microsoft to look at ways of streamlining their own OS so that it competes with speed etc. that's the only thing I can see Microsoft being worried about.
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