Wow. Just read over at the google blog that google are set to launch a new OS. It’s planned to be an ultra fast linux kernel based web browser delivery system. Sounds similar to gOS. All the applications will be online and the windows rendering system will be all new. I’m a bit suspicious about this. Is it not a google attempt to do exactly what Microsoft have been criticised for in defaulting users to their services by tying them to the OS. Also what kind of offline facilities will we see? Are we really happy to run all our software though Java, Flash and the like?

Well it’s quite an exciting development anyway. The backing of a major player like Google can only help develop the linux based platform further. They claim they will need help from the open source community. This sounds great, but only if they give back to us what we put in. Question marks still remain as to how this will tie into Android. Supposedly, “Chrome OS” as it will be known is something completely different. I expect to begin with we will see this installed alongside windows on netbooks for people who need fast boots directly into the browser.

You never know, this could be the ground braking first step in a new era that sees Microsoft’s grip on the OS monopoly slip and herald a new age of more balanced OS competition. We shall see. I wait in anticipation.

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