Chrome OS – The game changer
Google yesterday announcing the Chrome OS , it has done what no other company has done before, it gave a challenge to Microsoft in its core business of operating system. Apple has been a dominant player and has been making inroads , but they never designed and distributed their systems for low end population.
With 7 second bootup time , the chrome OS would be nothing but a OS for a browser to run. Sure when everything has move dot web , it makes sense to focus energy and efforts towards web based applications. And they would be targeting under $200 netbooks.
And here is the smartest move form google. They did not build and OS from start and inherit all the complexities and headaches with it. The way Apple has target high end masses , Chrome OS would be targeting low end machines.
Microsoft when trying to challenge Google and Apple in Search engine and Music player , clashes head on. Instead of finding a niche or trying to do thing differently , it duplicates the exact same functions. And they think with their cash reserves , they can do anything what they want. Some people learn the lesson hard way.
How Chrome OS would change the game , has to be been but the battle lines have been drawn.
And the winner would be … Consumer!!
