Comments on: GOOGLE Chrome OS ? Makes me sick… what do you think http://www.makemealive.com/2010/02/15/google-chrome-os-makes-me-sick-what-do-you-think/ ART, DESIGN, MUSIC, CREATIVE BUSINESS, MARKETING Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Dean http://www.makemealive.com/2010/02/15/google-chrome-os-makes-me-sick-what-do-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Richard Dean Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:39:11 +0000 http://www.makemealive.com/?p=355#comment-47 Hi Peter, I see things a little different. Google OS does not have to dominate the OS market for Google to accomplish their goals. Google has all kinds of data on usage patterns on the internet and they know that there is a direct relationship between how fast internet pages and applications are delivered to the user and how long a user stays on the internet. So the quicker the response time the more likely you are to stay on the internet and that makes Google more money (which is essentially what Sergey Brin said at the Chrome Browser launch http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3769021). In your post you say that the "desktop will eventually become obsolete". Well who would gain more from this happening? It sure would not be Microsoft or Apple. They both make healthy profits from the desktop, especially Microsoft with their OS and Office suite. If the desktop OS is going away and Google has the most to gain from that then it makes sense they are out trying to help it happen. Google's OS is essentially a stripped down version of Linux, so it is not like they are starting from scratch. Their OS will be optimized for one thing and that is web browsing. So to address your points: 1. Netbooks are not right for everyone, but I think Google wants to turn the computer into an appliance. Just plug it in and use it, no upgrading, no loading the latest software or updates. So a netbook would be the best and cheapest way to get there. 2. I agree that Linux has been trying to become a player on the desktop for years, but with very mixed results. The thing is I don't think Google is trying to compete with the desktop they are trying to create an internet appliance to get more people using the internet and Google. 3. Hardware companies will continue to build the products they are building now (which may be inferior), but they will make production bandwidth available to build these machines also. They will have to build the netbooks with the stringent hardware requirements that Google will require (like a solid state drive) to get the official Google stamp, so the quality will be better then standard netbooks. I do agree that you won't be buying any Apple Macs with anything but OSX since they like taking your money and mine. :-) Google is obsessed with speed because they make more money the quicker and easier it is for people to get on the internet. In closing, Google doesn't need Google OS to supplant Microsoft and Apple as the dominant OS. If by introducing Google OS on netbooks they can get more people on the internet and/or they can push existing hardware and OS providers to come up with better and cheaper alternatives to getting on the internet then Google wins. -Rich Hi Peter,

I see things a little different. Google OS does not have to dominate the OS market for Google to accomplish their goals.

Google has all kinds of data on usage patterns on the internet and they know that there is a direct relationship between how fast internet pages and applications are delivered to the user and how long a user stays on the internet. So the quicker the response time the more likely you are to stay on the internet and that makes Google more money (which is essentially what Sergey Brin said at the Chrome Browser launch http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3769021).

In your post you say that the “desktop will eventually become obsolete”. Well who would gain more from this happening? It sure would not be Microsoft or Apple. They both make healthy profits from the desktop, especially Microsoft with their OS and Office suite. If the desktop OS is going away and Google has the most to gain from that then it makes sense they are out trying to help it happen.

Google’s OS is essentially a stripped down version of Linux, so it is not like they are starting from scratch. Their OS will be optimized for one thing and that is web browsing.

So to address your points:

1. Netbooks are not right for everyone, but I think Google wants to turn the computer into an appliance. Just plug it in and use it, no upgrading, no loading the latest software or updates. So a netbook would be the best and cheapest way to get there.

2. I agree that Linux has been trying to become a player on the desktop for years, but with very mixed results. The thing is I don’t think Google is trying to compete with the desktop they are trying to create an internet appliance to get more people using the internet and Google.

3. Hardware companies will continue to build the products they are building now (which may be inferior), but they will make production bandwidth available to build these machines also. They will have to build the netbooks with the stringent hardware requirements that Google will require (like a solid state drive) to get the official Google stamp, so the quality will be better then standard netbooks. I do agree that you won’t be buying any Apple Macs with anything but OSX since they like taking your money and mine. :-)

Google is obsessed with speed because they make more money the quicker and easier it is for people to get on the internet.

In closing, Google doesn’t need Google OS to supplant Microsoft and Apple as the dominant OS. If by introducing Google OS on netbooks they can get more people on the internet and/or they can push existing hardware and OS providers to come up with better and cheaper alternatives to getting on the internet then Google wins.

-Rich

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