Google OS invading Microsoft’s space for a change
By Mike Ferro
One of the big news items to come out recently was the announcement of a new Google Chrome based operating system. This is an interesting turn of events for Microsoft, as the company has been trying to chip away at Google’s search engine market share for years. It looks like Google is now fighting back on Microsoft’s home turf.
BLORGE writer, John Lister reported that Google has officially announced plans to bring Google Chrome OS out by 2010. The OS is suppose to be super lightweight and designed primarily for netbooks. However, Google has been adamant to point out that it will be practical enough for desktop usage as well.
Microsoft has been coveting Google’s massive search engine market share for some time now. It seems like Google has been equally eying Microsoft’s operating system market share as well. Making a lightweight OS for netbooks is a surefire way for Google to get its foot in the OS market door.
After officially retiring XP last year, Microsoft has continued to push XP for use on Intel Atom based netbooks.There is some assumption that Microsoft might have changed the whole Windows 7 strategy based on some of the results from the netbook market as well.
The growing trend in the operating system market seems to point towards the desire for a more lean and efficient OS that integrates with Web functionality, rather than the bulky Vista Microsoft put out on the market earlier. According to Engadget, Google seems to have identified this trend by taking the first steps to make Google Apps available offline via Chrome for users.
Google’s approach with Chrome is to seamlessly blur the lines between Web apps with desktop apps. One of the browser’s main features that has been touted is its capability to turn just about any Web app into an application that can be accessed via the desktop. Google wants to take this one step further by creating an operating system that will be based off this concept. It will be interesting to see how Google plans on achieving this goal when the OS rolls out during the second half of 2010.
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