Is the launch of Google Chrome Operating System a move to strike
at the heart of Microsoft's software empire?
In July, Google announced that it is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers. They had introduced the Google Chrome browser last year and the Google Chrome Operating System they say is a natural extension.
The operating systems that browsers currently run on were designed in an era when there was no web, so this is "an attempt to re-think what operating systems should be."
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of the Google Chrome OS.
It is being designed to be fast, lightweight, start up in a few seconds and for people who spend most of their time on the web. The user interface is minimal and most of the user experience takes place on the web - "the web is the platform".
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As with the Google Chrome browser, they are going back to basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.
All the web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using web technologies.
It will initially be targeted at netbooks (a stripped down version of a laptop used for accessing web-based applications) and is to be released during the second half of 2010.
This move by Google is seen as being in direct opposition to Microsoft with its Windows system, coming just months before it launches its latest operating system, Windows 7 and as a move to strike at the heart of Microsoft's software empire.
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