About 10 days ago, Google announced it will be releasing it's Google Chrome OS, available in the second half of 2010 for consumers (if you get a netbook and all). Now, there's a few misconceptions about this OS and I first wanted to clear those up.
#1: Chrome OS is not going to run off a one of a kind, never before seen platform. It will run off a linux platform which if you know anything about Linux, very secure and very hard to screw up (ahum, Windows blue screen, ahum).
#2: Google's Chrome OS is and will not be a full featured, everything OS like Windows or Mac. It's setup specifically for the web.
#3: It runs off the "cloud". Don't know what the "cloud" is? Ok, pretty simple. It's, in a nutshell, a network of web-based applications. With Google's OS, you'll have direct access to all your favorite Google tools (like Gmail, Documents, Calendar, and more)
So what does all this mean? We're living in a digital age. The Internet is the future and where most of us spend our time when we're on the computer. The "cloud" is everywhere we look so why not design an operating system that is setup specifically for the net, the place where we spend a lot of our time?
That's Google's philosophy and although it may not have that nice video editing program you use, or a sleu of programs that people use on a daily basis, it's just supposed to work, out of the box, in the cloud where we spend a lot of time.
Do you think Google's OS can gain on the market? Or will it stay at a steady pace and slowly go out of existence?
