Google OS’s Hardware Strategy?
by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009
Perhaps the key to Google OS’s success is in this key statement that might have been overlooked yesterday:
Messrs. Schmidt and Page were also careful not to position Chrome as a competitor to Microsoft Windows. They argued that Chrome will expand the market for netbooks, rather than eating into Windows’ share of the netbook market.
Messrs. Schmidt and Page were also careful not to position Chrome as a competitor to Microsoft Windows. They argued that Chrome will expand the market for netbooks, rather than eating into Windows’ share of the netbook market.
Rather than the hubaloo around “of course Chrome is a competitor”, I find the more interesting statment the latter half of that statement — Google’s planning to expand the market for netbooks. I’ve no idea exactly how they’re going to get as-yet non-existent web-based operating system to drive the market for what is essentially a thin-client technology, but it does make you wonder about the growing relationship between Intel and Google … and it also makes you wonder exactly how important the hardware relationships it has with its other potential vendors, and how, precisely, this particular free OS pre-installed will be different (and *grow* a market segment) than the *other* free OS pre-installed.
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I’ve no idea exactly how they’re going to get as-yet non-existent web-based operating system to drive the market for what is essentially a thin-client technology,
, precisely, this particular free OS pre-installed will be different
by Serve Technology on July 3, 2010 at 3:28 am. #
Useable TechnologyThis is a wonderful opinion. The things mentioned are great andneeds to be appreciated by everyone.
by Useable Technology on August 14, 2010 at 10:09 pm. #
This software could be simply another poor copy of any other program. With all the cloned evaluations of the package I’m wondering if any of the testers have even tried the software package.
by Zenia on January 26, 2011 at 3:17 pm. #