Comments on: Google Has Done Bad Moves in the Past. Chrome OS is One of Them. http://jungleg.com/2009/07/08/google-has-done-bad-moves-in-the-past-chrome-os-is-one-of-them/ Life is a Startup Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: directeur http://jungleg.com/2009/07/08/google-has-done-bad-moves-in-the-past-chrome-os-is-one-of-them/comment-page-2/#comment-2020 directeur Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:46:18 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=818#comment-2020 An OS manages low-level things that bring life to the hardware. It manages how process are run, how memory is allocated, how files are stored, network operations... it's the minimal set of programs that make the machine "operate". OpenOffice, firefox, the gimp, or even more basic tools like bash, sed, awk... are not the real "OS", since no application and no user "depend" on them. So, could this Chrome OS actually be called an OS? IMHO, it is not. If Chrome is built with a Linux kernel, I wouldn't call it an OS but a "distribution". Just as you'd call Debian, Fedora, Suse, or Ubuntu distributions of the *same* OS i.e. GNU/Linux. Will Chrome OS hurt Linux? Absolutelly NOT. Maybe some Linux vendors will be "affraid" (Canonical I'm looking at you), but the general Linux user will, IMHO, welcome initiatives -every initiative- that will promote Linux and the opensource community. Will Chrome OS hurt Google? I don't think so. I bet they'll find a way to generate profit out of their investments :) An OS manages low-level things that bring life to the hardware. It manages how
process are run, how memory is allocated, how files are stored, network
operations… it’s the minimal set of programs that make the machine “operate”.
OpenOffice, firefox, the gimp, or even more basic tools like bash, sed, awk…
are not the real “OS”, since no application and no user “depend” on them.

So, could this Chrome OS actually be called an OS? IMHO, it is not.
If Chrome is built with a Linux kernel, I wouldn’t call it
an OS but a “distribution”. Just as you’d call Debian, Fedora, Suse, or Ubuntu
distributions of the *same* OS i.e. GNU/Linux.

Will Chrome OS hurt Linux? Absolutelly NOT. Maybe some Linux vendors will be
“affraid” (Canonical I’m looking at you), but the general Linux user will, IMHO,
welcome initiatives -every initiative- that will promote Linux and the
opensource community.

Will Chrome OS hurt Google? I don’t think so. I bet they’ll find a way to
generate profit out of their investments :)

]]> By: Mike http://jungleg.com/2009/07/08/google-has-done-bad-moves-in-the-past-chrome-os-is-one-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 Mike Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:03:08 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=818#comment-1940 2 thoughts... "Android only has 7.5 percent of the market." That's still not bad considering it's available on a lot less phones then Windows Mobile. My second thought is they may be trying to capitalize on both the Chrome name for the reason Lucio mentioned, in addition they're trying to cash in on the brand recognition of the Google name. -Mike 2 thoughts…

“Android only has 7.5 percent of the market.” That’s still not bad considering it’s available on a lot less phones then Windows Mobile.

My second thought is they may be trying to capitalize on both the Chrome name for the reason Lucio mentioned, in addition they’re trying to cash in on the brand recognition of the Google name.
-Mike

]]> By: Holden Page http://jungleg.com/2009/07/08/google-has-done-bad-moves-in-the-past-chrome-os-is-one-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Holden Page Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:01:15 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=818#comment-1923 First off that Android is struggling post was from a year ago, a moot point. Second off it makes sense. Android is focused for monbile phones, sure it can run off of netbooks but it has never been officially declared to do so. Think of it like this. windows 7 -> Chrome OS, Windows Mobile -> Android The mobile world isn't ready for a web OS. Not yet anyways. First off that Android is struggling post was from a year ago, a moot point.

Second off it makes sense. Android is focused for monbile phones, sure it can run off of netbooks but it has never been officially declared to do so.

Think of it like this.

windows 7 -> Chrome OS, Windows Mobile -> Android

The mobile world isn’t ready for a web OS. Not yet anyways.

]]> By: Rob Diana http://jungleg.com/2009/07/08/google-has-done-bad-moves-in-the-past-chrome-os-is-one-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 Rob Diana Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:38:04 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=818#comment-1916 I think the basic idea is that with Chrome, they do not need to worry about the hardware due to the use of the Linux kernel. Android is a different beast entirely because it is a mobile phone OS which will typically have various apps installed as well. With ChromeOS, they get a barebones install and everything is cloud based. Basically, they are trying both models to see what gains more acceptance. I think the basic idea is that with Chrome, they do not need to worry about the hardware due to the use of the Linux kernel. Android is a different beast entirely because it is a mobile phone OS which will typically have various apps installed as well. With ChromeOS, they get a barebones install and everything is cloud based. Basically, they are trying both models to see what gains more acceptance.

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