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Re: Will the Chrome OS be a game changer? Thanks for reply. It looks like Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie thinks that Chrome OS will eclipse Android and eventually replace it. I hate to disagree with such an eminent authority, but I suspect Android(in smartphones & tablets) will become the dominant OS from Google.
»mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/06/0···-future/
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was on hand to answer Ballmer’s question: “Android is a bet on the past. Chrome is a bet on the future.” Android is still about installing applications on a specific device. Chrome OS is designed for a future where everything is online, in the cloud.
Ballmer said he doesn’t understand why Google has both Chrome and Android. Microsoft is always struggling to bring more coherence to its operating systems, Ballmer pointed out, so why is Google starting out incoherent? Sounds like Ballmer subscribes to the idea of all data will reside online theory and that Chrome OS is better at that than Android.
For tablets, I see four OSs competing:
Android
Some compact version of Win 7
Linux
WebOS from HP(who just bought Palm)
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1 edit | For tablets I don't see Linux doing much of anything just as it is nothing in the desktop space. In tablets I see only two operating systems seriously competing, Windows 7 and iPhone OS. New devices like the Eee-Pad running some power sipping dual core Atom are what will compete with iPad and Atom already runs Windows 7 beautifully with 10 hour battery life and Windows 7 already has great touch support. And of course Windows 7 supports multitasking (obviously), runs Flash, runs Office, runs games, runs eReaders, runs everything virtually everyone wants to run. Companies like Asus aren't going to want to reinvent the wheel. They're in the hardware business, not trying to convince people to switch software business.
WebOS may be technically compelling but it won't ever eclipse Windows 7 and won't penetrate the Cupertino reality distortion field. HP is big but not big enough to catch up to Apple and Microsoft in touch, developer base and hype. |
