The news and rumours have been circulating every where about the new operating system that would be launched by Google to challenge the monopoly of the Microsoft’s Windows as Google has always been a rival and tough competitor it was thought that Google would also try its luck in the operating system market.
Apart from the rumours Google officially anounnced that it is working on a OS that it call Google Chrome OS and is expected to release in the later half of 2010. It is said to be open source and will initially be releasing for net books. We should keep in mind that any new OS will attract the developers who produce the applications for it and developers who make their hardwares in accord to them. The trouble Google will have to face is the large number of softwares available for the windows platform.That software includes mainstream titles such as Microsoft Office, Quicken, Adobe Photoshop, games, and much more.
But what gives Google a bit upper hand is the internet as nowdays Google is the undisputed silent king of the internet and definately it would come up with alot of such apps that are supported by its vast presence on the web.Like any other commercial company, Google is trying to make money. But Google doesn’t make money the way other computer software companies do like Apple gets its money from iPhones, iPods, Macs or i should simply say hardware on other hand Microsoft earns from its softwares. But Google does something else it earns itself just from the internet no hardware nor software.
But one thing we should keep in mind is that there will inevitably be less to do on a Chrome OS computer than on a Mac or Windows machine. Buying a Chrome-based Netbook means giving up the chance to run most Windows games, Apple’s iLife suite, and other popular software.But for Google, the key is this: once you’ve got a Chrome system, Google’s in charge of ALL the time you spend with it. If its on internet or just your computer it would just be ‘GOOGLE’.
And releaing OS for netbooks is not a good idea in my opinion. Because they have such small screens and may not be enough for Google’s big plans for instance.The Chrome operating system is “lightweight,” a term that Google uses, meaning the OS runs fine on less hardware. Will this provide some importance and value to people having older and slower machines as Microsoft’s latest OS Vista and now Windows Seven do not work on older machines and have upsetted those who own such machines will they switch to Google Chrome OS or they will stick to Windows XP.We see the future being cloud computing really these days. Now we have to just wait and watch.
By Zaib Ali
