http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/ Engadget Comments for Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks second half of 2010 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
The same they always do: blame Micro$oft and write crappy half-working open source apps.
2009, the year this *nix joke hopefully dies a painful death.]]>Jul 8th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
http://is.gd/1qNtS-
(Promise, that links to CNET and not crap.)]]>Jul 8th 2009 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
dude really how bout you run into the nearest wall next to you and low-rank yourself.
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my mom cant understand any OS besides windows, what is this chrome os going to do to change that?

because honestly unless this thing runs unbelievably fast or something, all of us normal people will just install XP over the top just because the google chrome netbook is $50 cheaper than the xp one]]>Jul 8th 2009 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
It is.

Google Chrome has a few features which set it apart from other browsers. One of the is "Native Client" which is still under development. NC allows developers to run apps in the browser, but at the speed of apps which run on your OS by using native client code.

In other words: it's very likely that the websites in 2010 and onwards will not have html/css but a compiled piece of code which runs inside the browser window as if it was an application you launched from the desktop. Server-Client interaction on steroids.

The good news: this makes it possible to run applications on linux without all that freedom crap, programmers/webdevs can actually make a living from their code on linux.

Downside: Google loves your behaviour, they'll now be in full control of the desktop as they're dropping KDE/Gnome and building their own.

I'm not a *nix fan due to all the crap and zealotry, but this move will be bullseye for Google.]]>Jul 8th 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
Since the first apps will be those already available at Google labs you won't need to backup ...

I wonder whether MS will try to push C# on NC]]>Jul 8th 2009 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
If it's up to snuff, I'd use it in a dual boot situation on my netbook (currently Ubuntu and Windows 7).]]>Jul 8th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
--- honestly this doesnt seem that special at all, like arash said above

It is.

Google Chrome has a few features which set it apart from other browsers. One of the is "Native Client" which is still under development. NC allows developers to run apps in the browser, but at the speed of apps which run on your OS by using native client code.

In other words: it's very likely that the websites in 2010 and onwards will not have html/css but a compiled piece of code which runs inside the browser window as if it was an application you launched from the desktop. Server-Client interaction on steroids."

This sounds like a security nightmare.]]>Jul 8th 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
You do know that the Chrome OS is Linux right? Now get back on the short bus...]]>Jul 9th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
See, when the post was first submitted to engadget, it was smaller.
Then, the edited it before you saw it.

It was only a sentence long post with no picture...]]>Jul 8th 2009 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
I can't wait, windows 7 is fine for now though ;)]]>Jul 8th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/It sounds like it's primarily for netbooks and maybe to dual boot with a desktop if you want to boot into a light-weight OS real quick and check your e-mail.
I'm extremely hard for Google and I'll definitely play around with this, but I don't see it taking a chunk out of Microsoft's market share except in the netbook market where you want small and cheap. Just cause it's open source doesn't mean it'll be free, but I assume it'll be cheaper than Windows and you have a decent spreadsheet program and word processor without having to buy Office, so it should do well there.]]>Jul 8th 2009 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
From what we can get, Chrome here IS the OS, just like Palm's webOS itself is a browser, so there won't be a way to sell Chrome OS without it.]]>Jul 8th 2009 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
So no, it won't ship browserless, or with another browser.]]>Jul 8th 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
Not at all. If the browser is an integral part of the OS, there can be no OS without a browser. Microsoft tried to demonstrate that IE was an integral part of Windows, but they failed, mostly because it is plain bullshit, as it is obvious that you can substitute IE with any other browser and remove it altogether - a thing they, in fact, did with Windows 7.
If this Google OS won't work without its browser, the browser will be an integral part of the OS. So no chance of mindless anti-trust investigations at all, sorry.]]>Jul 8th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
Because of double standards and all.]]>Jul 8th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Uh, no. Microsoft's dominant position translates in their OS being installed on a large percentage of computers, that's why they can force the use of a browser. You buy the PC, it has Windows installed and IE comes with it; it's as simple as that.
Google can't force the use of its browser simply because their OS isn't installed on the majority of the machines; in fact, it doesn't even exist.
As to the 'Search' function, you're wrong again. Google has a dominant position in the search market because it is the best search engine, or at least people think so. But no one forces them to use it and if they do so, they're doing it willingly. So no ground for any antitrust case, sorry.]]>Jul 8th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Of course there'll be more of a case when offline versions of Google apps only run on Chrome OS and/or Chrome, because that'll be plainly blatant.]]>Jul 9th 2009 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/
Still, great stuff. Competition's great, and google almost always innovates.]]>Jul 8th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/google-announces-chrome-os/Jul 8th 2009 1:07AM