Last year Google was presenting Chrome OS when someone from the press asked about the possibility of using other browsers inside the Chrome OS system!? Seems the questions did not make sense for Google Vice-President of Product Management and he answered that the system will be open for anyone who wants to develop his own browser. Later the project’s Engineer made a joke saying that "Chrome is Chrome OS".
In fact it is a bit confusing since Google owns a browser with that same name and now they are developing Chrome Operational System which will be running primarily in a Netbook designed by Google. According to Google the project should be launched after the thanksgiving holiday, but now analysts are saying that the device will be presented in the next few weeks.
During the project presentation, Mr. Sergei Brin and his top Project Management team points out that computer devices are now very cheap but difficult to manage for most users. Chrome OS will be very familiar and intuitive for most users because the interface will be the browser. Every application will be a web-based, users will not have to install or update software, there will be nothing to maintain and all the data will be on the cloud. Using Chrome OS the user will not have to deal with common problems such as virus, system configuration, software install, updating and backup data.
Still, analysts question about what will be the relation between Google Chrome OS and Android OS, which is another breakthrough project developed by a different team inside Google. Different heavyweight teams’ structures with concurrent goals inside the company could be harmful for coexistence. But for now it seems they coexist pacifically and in the words of Google’s CEO: “So far the model seems to be the Android solution, which is particularly optimized for things that involve touch in some form, and Chrome OS appears to be for keyboard-based solutions.”
Chrome OS seems an evolution rather than a revolution, but since it's based on the cloud computing concept it could be highly disruptive to many business models. This subtle movement could lead more people from the desktop territory, where Microsoft is the Emperor to the cloud computing environment where Google is the most efficient and innovative player.
In fact it is a bit confusing since Google owns a browser with that same name and now they are developing Chrome Operational System which will be running primarily in a Netbook designed by Google. According to Google the project should be launched after the thanksgiving holiday, but now analysts are saying that the device will be presented in the next few weeks.
During the project presentation, Mr. Sergei Brin and his top Project Management team points out that computer devices are now very cheap but difficult to manage for most users. Chrome OS will be very familiar and intuitive for most users because the interface will be the browser. Every application will be a web-based, users will not have to install or update software, there will be nothing to maintain and all the data will be on the cloud. Using Chrome OS the user will not have to deal with common problems such as virus, system configuration, software install, updating and backup data.
Still, analysts question about what will be the relation between Google Chrome OS and Android OS, which is another breakthrough project developed by a different team inside Google. Different heavyweight teams’ structures with concurrent goals inside the company could be harmful for coexistence. But for now it seems they coexist pacifically and in the words of Google’s CEO: “So far the model seems to be the Android solution, which is particularly optimized for things that involve touch in some form, and Chrome OS appears to be for keyboard-based solutions.”
Chrome OS seems an evolution rather than a revolution, but since it's based on the cloud computing concept it could be highly disruptive to many business models. This subtle movement could lead more people from the desktop territory, where Microsoft is the Emperor to the cloud computing environment where Google is the most efficient and innovative player.
Let us meet the beta demo presented last year:
Sources:
NYTimes - For Google, the Browser Does it All. November 24, 2010
DaylyFinance - Google Chrome OS Comming to Netbooks Soon - November 27, 2010
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