Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 8th Jul 2009 05:23 UTC
From NYTimes: "In a post on its company blog, Google said the operating system would initially be aimed at netbooks, the compact, low-cost computers that have turned the PC world on its head. It said the open-source software, called Chrome OS, would be available in the second half of next year. Read more for a quick observation on the announcement.
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Google is developing a new windowing system and OS layer on top of the Linux kernel there by essentially doing what Apple and Jobs did with BSD and NeXT. On top of that they are going to be giving it all away for free including source code.
I think that the lack of excitment comes from the expectation that Google will do all this in the way that they usually do. They'll put together all the specs, and make all the decisions, behind closed doors. Release something designed primarily with their own business needs in mind. And that thing will not look very much like Linux either to users or to developers. There will be a media circus on all the mainstream news sites... because they're Google, of course. And after all the hype over "Bride of Android" has died down, Microsoft Windows will continue to dominate the desktop, as always. But the Linux landscape will be a little more fragmented after all is said and done.
Many people would rather see the effort put into the existing Linux distro which already has the most momentum in the netbook market.
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2008-06-29
Am I the only one who is excited by this? Google is developing a new windowing system and OS layer on top of the Linux kernel there by essentially doing what Apple and Jobs did with BSD and NeXT. On top of that they are going to be giving it all away for free including source code. Where do you guys pull in negativity from that? I don't get it. We're talking about a small light weight browser centric operating system for low powered atom and arm based netbooks. I'm pretty certain this isn't going to replace Ubuntu or Windows on my desktop any time soon but it might replace or coexist with Windows on my laptop once it's released. I'm a fan of all operating systems from plan9 to haiku. Lately I've been working with android on touch screen arm powered devices. It's something truly magical to see android running on beagle board or a htc touch. I've built and run Android on my notebook and while usable for simple web surfing and some games it just doesn't feel right since it wasn't designed for anything more than smart phones. So I welcome a Google designed Linux based operating system for netbooks and notebooks. Mobile computing is the future and Google is jumping in head first.
Edited 2009-07-09 18:30 UTC