{"id":1585,"date":"2009-07-08T08:47:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T07:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1585-its-war-google-announces-chrome-os.html"},"modified":"2009-07-08T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T07:47:22","slug":"its-war-google-announces-chrome-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1585-its-war-google-announces-chrome-os.html","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s war: Google announces Chrome OS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

says Google<\/a>. So the gloves are off \u2013 not content with targeting Microsoft Exchange and Office with Google Apps<\/a>, the company is now going for the whole piece, client operating system included.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as new as all that, of course:<\/p>\n

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The software architecture is simple \u2014 Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

says Google\u2019s Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management. According to the release, it intends that developers will write web applications that will run in any \u201cstandards-based\u201d browser \u2013 though I\u2019m guessing Google will continue to use its Gears extensions which are not part of any W3C standard. <\/p>\n

One of the interesting questions is whether Google Chrome OS will stick with these limited goals, or whether it might end up running local applications such as, say, OpenOffice<\/a>, or a media and DVD player, or games. What about Adobe AIR, will it run on Chrome OS and provide offline capability? My guess, almost certainly yes.<\/p>\n

Linux is an excellent choice for a netbook, and it\u2019s been sad to see Windows almost take over there. The reasons seem to be lack of customer acceptance combined with sloppy releases from some OEMs more familiar with Windows. Google won\u2019t be sloppy; but it faces many of the same challenges in winning users. Expect modest initial success, with more interesting implications for the long-term.<\/p>\n

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Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

says Pichai.<\/p>\n

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