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This could be good news; this could be bad news,depending on where one stands vis-à-vis this clash of the Titans. That Google is developing its own operating system Google Chrome OS for personal computers is in any case big news; and it comes just months before Microsoft launches Windows 7. Google is set to strike what many industry watchers believe to be a terminal blow to Microsoft,the undisputed market leader for operating systems with almost 90 per cent of the market. Initially targeted at low-cost netbooks to be on sale
by mid-2010,Chrome OS will eventually target PCs. And that could be a paradigm shift for operating systems.
didnt offer much comparison. Google however is viewed as a contemporary,eager to experiment and risk being wrong. A natural extension of the Google Chrome web browser,Chrome OS will run on an open-source licence; and its call-to-arms are: Speed,simplicity and security. Its billed to be fast and lightweight,to start up and get you on to the web in a few seconds. In short,it should be the first genuinely post-web operating system.
Nevertheless,an operating system and a web browser arent the same in terms of function,complexity and detail. Googles Achilles heel is security and privacy the flipside of its worldview that software and personal data should reside on
the Internet instead of ones PC. Consumers will welcome Googles challenge to Microsofts USP; such competition benefits them and the market. But before the offensive,Google needs to protect its back.
