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Google to release an OS
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 | Permalink

This is an interesting piece of news. According to the official Google blog they are working on a new OS called "Google Chrome OS". This is excellent news. We seriously lack competition in the OS market where Windows dominates. I have always wanted Apple to release Mac OS X for PC. I'm pretty sure it would be quite successful and be able to give Microsoft a run for the money. But so far they haven't been willing to do so, because they still want to sell their hardware at premium prices. I know it's possible to run Mac OS X on a PC if you're willing to hack around and have the right hardware, but the people doing that are of course a very tiny fraction of the market.

It'll be interesting to see what Google's OS will be like. From the description so far it sounds mostly like a Linux kernel and a browser, which to me doesn't sound like an actual OS, but more like a customized Linux distribution slimmed down for netbooks. But we'll see what it really is when it's released. I for one hope that we'll see a real competitor on this market.

[ 6 comments | Last comment by Shaun (2009-11-02 05:09:54) ]