Google To Introduce A New Operating System

[busenbust]

^^"New" :shocked:

 

[tittenman]

^^"New" :shocked:

Yes I would purchase as much of that Google stock as you can lay your hands on, assuming you can afford it (about 400 bucks a pop!) and then retire sometime 2011. I will let you have that financial nugget for free (just as long as you remember me retired on a beach in Fiji). :thumbsup:

 

[busenbust]

^^LOL Titten. I think you're correct. Sadly, I think I've missed the boat...

 

[shayd]

Intruiging indeed. Had a quck read of the statement, they claim you can be on the web from switch on in a few seconds. This I would like to see, I suppose it will be from a form of standby mode and not cold start. M$ has been promising the kind of start up time times only really enjoyed by Mac OS, and a stripped out Linux install, but has yet to deliver on that promise.

I have used most flavours of Linux since their first introduction into the market (free + commercial) so will be very interested in seeing what their final proposed offering looks like. Stripped out an minimalistic, the Google ethos is definitely the way to go rather than the bloated M$ way.

Looks like they are trying to target developers in a big way by trying to market the web apps functionality which seems to be at the core of this offering. That is one of the most interesting bits of the statement to me, being a developer by profession.

What are the proposed costs of this, will it be free to own. In the statement it also specifies that it is target mainly to desktop type markets, with some overlap between it and Android OS, so does this mean that the two may merge at some point in the future? Interesting proposition if this was to be the case.

On the whole I am looking forward to this as I do with many Google offered products.

The thing that intrigued me most was this video I was watching this morning of a Google project manager talking about what they want to do, and he was talking about how they're actually going to go down to the level of the kernel to try to make Internet access that more meshed into the OS. I mean the possibilities here are epic to say the least.

I think in the early stages developers are definitely going to be targeted to help roll out essentially a new set of apps that will be designed specifically for Chrome OS. Sort of an aside here, what kind of stuff do you work on professionally? Just curious, but I think you and I are on the same page in regards to this announcement.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this OS selling for nothing, and instead being the first mainstream distribution of a Linux based OS (I say mainstream in the sense that it could be available in electronics stores etc...). Also, I think that Android has really since its inception been particularly targeted at mobile phones for the long run, and this is sort of the accompanying move for PCs (granted I've seen Android running on an Atom based netbook, but nonetheless). I think in the long run this will turn out to be a very very good thing.

 

[tittenman]

Just curious, but I think you and I are on the same page in regards to this announcement.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this OS selling for nothing, and instead being the first mainstream distribution of a Linux based OS (I say mainstream in the sense that it could be available in electronics stores etc...). Also, I think that Android has really since its inception been particularly targeted at mobile phones for the long run, and this is sort of the accompanying move for PCs (granted I've seen Android running on an Atom based netbook, but nonetheless). I think in the long run this will turn out to be a very very good thing.

Very valid points my friend.....great minds think alike and all.

I wouldn't disagree one iota regards offering this freely, this would be in line with many distributions of Linux at the moment which are freely downloadable from various vendor sites. If a viable alternative to Windows in the shape of Chrome OS came along then I think MS would have serious competition on their hands. MS has long been eyeing the future saying that they are looking to alternatives to a conventional desktop type architecture, this may prove the catalyst for that. I wouldn't doubt that late in 2010 or early 2011, MS announcing a major shift for their next OS release.

Your mention of becoming mainstream is very valid, many Linux OS distributions still seem dogged by ease of set up issues. I being reasonably technical can manage a fairly complex install, but I know people who struggle with even a basic install of Linux. Windows compared to Linux is a doddle to install, and you could set your kid brothers/sisters/granny to quite happily install it, this is less the case with Linux. If Google take the time to get the installation/setup process easy, then they should have reasonable success on their hands. Well you heard the future here first folks! Heres hoping good things come out of it.

 

[Gordar]

Google will one day control everything on the web. Hopefully they'll let us have our freedoms.

Just like google is slowly but surely pushing microsoft out of the market, another company can do the same with google (as long as they have an original, money making idea).

 

[shayd]

Very valid points my friend.....great minds think alike and all.

I wouldn't disagree one iota regards offering this freely, this would be in line with many distributions of Linux at the moment which are freely downloadable from various vendor sites. If a viable alternative to Windows in the shape of Chrome OS came along then I think MS would have serious competition on their hands. MS has long been eyeing the future saying that they are looking to alternatives to a conventional desktop type architecture, this may prove the catalyst for that. I wouldn't doubt that late in 2010 or early 2011, MS announcing a major shift for their next OS release.

Your mention of becoming mainstream is very valid, many Linux OS distributions still seem dogged by ease of set up issues. I being reasonably technical can manage a fairly complex install, but I know people who struggle with even a basic install of Linux. Windows compared to Linux is a doddle to install, and you could set your kid brothers/sisters/granny to quite happily install it, this is less the case with Linux. If Google take the time to get the installation/setup process easy, then they should have reasonable success on their hands. Well you heard the future here first folks! Heres hoping good things come out of it.

Yeah, I think it would be really exciting to find it in stores. What's interesting to me to is that there is such a variance in installation processes between various Linux flavors, and I would think that would be something Chrome OS would address, is possibly setting up a strictly GUI based install, which I think would take the major difficulty using Linux down about 1000 notches.

Just an aside, but I've got it on good authority that this announcement was actually planned for a month from now, but Google wanted to pre-empt Microsoft's announcement on Monday (they're probably going to finally add online capabilities to Office, who say that coming ).

Just like google is slowly but surely pushing microsoft out of the market, another company can do the same with google (as long as they have an original, money making idea).

Well, such is the case in a capitalistic environment, but I think Google has done a damn good job at not just providing search functionality, but actually improving the entire online experience.

 

[24788]

Actually, the sheer amount of desktop computer usage has dropped dramatically in the past 3-4 years. With the rise in popularity of netbooks, there is a solid market for just this type of OS, which they'll expand upon to put onto higher end computers.

The whole plan with the OS is to change the way the Internet is used. The idea being, instead of waiting for your computer to boot up and then waiting to open a browser, Chrome OS will take care of that in a new way: on your desktop. Google offers all of the services you mentioned, word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, email, etc... all of that is offered by Google. The object of the project is to essentially embed those services on your computer. One of the exciting prospects of this (at least I think so) is to make data processing etc... better, and then allowing you to keep a copy online so that if you want to access it say from your work computer, you can.



That may be true. But my question is, why is everyone so afraid of Google all of the sudden? All they've done in their close to 10 year existence is stand up for the consumer, give them better choices, and support the open source community. Where's the disconnect here? It seems like they're the anti-Microsoft in every way possible.

I guess, but adsense is kind of crazy. I guess if your making money for free then you better just be nice and obey their rules.

 

[shayd]

I guess, but adsense is kind of crazy. I guess if your making money for free then you better just be nice and obey their rules.

What's wrong with adsense? It's probably one of the two factors that made online commerce legitimately viable.

 

[24788]

What's wrong with adsense? It's probably one of the two factors that made online commerce legitimately viable.

TOS - They can be a bit wacky sometimes about banning people from it. As I said before it's their place to decide.

 

[shayd]

TOS - They can be a bit wacky sometimes about banning people from it. As I said before it's their place to decide.

Ah, I gotcha. Yeah, that's fair, but I'd say that's pretty standard in online advertising.