Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Sep 2008 20:55 UTC, submitted by Punktyras
With all the recent hype surrounding Google's Chrome, it's refreshing to see someone taking a few steps back and looking at the bigger picture. Superlatives were abound about Chrome (I personally really like it), but some people really took it overboard - take TechCrunch for instance: "Chrome is nothing less than a full on desktop operating system that will compete head on with Windows." Seeing my nationality, I know a tulip mania when I see one. So does Ted Dziuba.
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First I never said that the browser was an OS. But that doesn't mean it won't be a core part of the operating system allowing web apps to be run with greater efficiency than today. Second, I already concluded that this would NOT replace all computers. This will end up being (I think) technology that finally allows thin client like appliances. It has a long way to go before then. Last, who said that all the data would reside at the ISP? How easy would it be for your ISP appliance to have an esata port on it and you just hook up an external drive? The point of the device being light weight and managed by the ISP is that it reduces the current problem of viruses and malware by not making the end user the administrator any more.