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- Jaq524, on 10/12/2007, -7/+151I expect it to remain in beta indefinitely.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33Is it just me, or does that blog entry seemed pulled out the author's ass? Apart from being obvious, that is.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Competition is always good..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20Apart from potential collaboration, there is really bugger all to recommend any web based stuff for, especially mission critical stuff where a screwed up net connection will kill all your apps!
I'm sorry, but I just don't like the thought of having to rely on internet connectivity to be able to do any work. - chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Google isn't a search company they're an advertisement agency.
think about it. Everything they do is to collect information to sell ads. - chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19and how would you use a web OS without an OS?
duh. - JQP123, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15"Is it just me, or does that blog entry seemed pulled out the author's ass? "
Aren't the majority of blog entries this way?
Regarding the article, Google is all about moving the focus *away* from the desktop, not toward it. From their viewpoint, an OS; any OS, is just part of an appliance that lets people access the web. Advertising and services are where all the money is, not commodity appliances. - NJank, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19@Jaq524: "I expect it to remain in beta indefinitely."
Counting the regular amount of patches, fixes, etc., and the typical stability, I'm tempted to qualify Win OS's as beta too - thefinger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16brilliant! an OS on top of an OS
stupidity in complexity - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"Google isn't a search company they're an advertisement agency.
think about it. Everything they do is to collect information to sell ads"
They're an advertising company that rewards its consumers and affliates with cash, free applications, and a great search engine I dont see any harm in that.
'Dont be Evil' - mitrovarr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Google is concerned that if Microsoft improves their search engine and continues to make it the default for Windows PCs, they'll eventually get replaced. If IE proves anything, it's that people will continue to use a poor default over a superior alternative, so that is entirely possible.
Logically, a good way for them to combat this would be to make an OS to compete with Windows and make all of their own services the default on it. They have the budget necessary to do it; they could combine a solid open-source OS base with their own application software, as Apple has done. Then, they could either give it away or sell it for cheap, and get it distributed with new PCs. It'd be a major risk for them, but it could pay off; Google is one of the few companies left with the resources to try to compete with Windows. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+19I hate to be the bearer of bad opinions but I've heard about the GoogleOS for years now and the one thing that keeps me from screaming "Stop Posting these absurd notions!!!" is that these notions could possibly be a reality one day but I find it hard to believe that if it hasnt happened now with years of people talking about it under the Google developments team's belt that I highly doubt it will get made any sooner than people keep making it out to be. Strangly there already exsists a Google OS that google uses internally with the foundation being based on ubuntu Linux and built to Googles liking.
- Settra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10It's destined to fail, as a very small percentage of the web population will know about it. I don't see the point of a web-based desktop anyhow..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10How many times does google have to say "aint gonna happen" before you fanboys understand.. it AINT GONNA HAPPEN.
Just wondering... - becominglumberg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9This is so speculative, it is hardly newsworthy. Further, in the event that google goes linux, goobuntu (lets put the quasi-official name back on it) will only be a Ubuntu package with googles packs pre-installed (maybe some added features that help you sync your google based storage). Certainly, the coding power of google would be a huge boon to the Debuntu community, but it would not be the second coming of windows... it will still be a while til all the proprietary files and games are supported correctly, even with googles weight behind it.
- paulmdx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9It's called a thin client. Wyse already offer thin clients with native IE6 support. Although they're based on what was WinCE, there's practically no on-board functionality other than IE and terminal service support.
- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -11/+17"Seems like everyone expects Google to get into direct competition with Microsoft, by releasing an operating system."
riiiiight. So this web OS will be able to run 3D programs or Photoshop?
This is nothing like Windows. It's not even close. it's not even the same game let alone the same ballpark. - cbeach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"They say it may be a web based desktop (i.e. operating system), a full featured Linux distribution, or a lightweight Linux distro and/or BIOS."
And by roughly the same logic, I'm 100% correct when I say this news might be pure speculation, moderately likely, or true. - sakhamuri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Adsense kicks-in for every click and key stroke!
- superjoppe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If Google were to develop an OS, why the hell would they spend so much time developing internet applications?
The whole point is you can have whatever OS you want, Windows, Linux, OS X etc, and still be able to access Googles services.
I'd be really suprised if Google released anything OS releated, for others than for internal use. - shaim2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"It's the Network, stupid".
Google has been, as will is all about the network - your apps and docs floating in the network cloud - no specific physical location, no specific operation system.
Google is about making the desktop irrelevant, not about replacing it.
And as a side note: historically you unseat monopolies by making them irrelevant, not by beating them at their own game (the railroads which missed the age of highways & trucks, IBM which missed the PC age, etc). - DiggLurker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I refuse to read this article because the 4 possibilities listed in the intro cover everything that could be considered an OS. Super-ajax desktop, full traditional os, minimal os and/or bios? What else is there? Oh yeah, I guess we can rule out GooglEmacsBeta.
- cbeach, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6There is no such thing as a "web-based operating system"
An operating system manages hardware I/O - not HTML, for goodness sake! - devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Seems like they would offer file storage, e-mail, word processor, mapping, and various other google apps from a unified interface. It's logical... though personally I wouldn't use it, seems flakey to rely on an online OS. I don't see them getting into a full offline OS.
- Xageroth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4FireFox is my Web OS.
The location bar is my command line.
Bookmarks are my start menu.
The tab bar is my task bar.
The page I'm visiting is the file or application I'm using.
The only thing Google can do is offer me a better desktop, but I'm pretty satisfied with the Google Homepage for that.
If you're waiting around for a Web OS, don't bother. They're already here. The browser is how we operate the web. - DavidDigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I find all of this speculation about a Google OS to be utterly asinine. Instead of speculating about a nonexistent OS, why don't you get involved with a community that is building *real* operating systems & applications and help to make them better? You have a lot of choice in terms of involvement and community. This snipe isn't directed so much at casual pie-in-the-sky users as it is the tech writers who are building up this ridiculous speculation.
- plokij909, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2what a worthless article... it may be this, it may be that....
Inaccurate. - ozziek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Why would Google develop an OS? Isn't this further confusing the brand? Is Google a search engine or software developer?
We know that things like Google Earth, Maps, Spreadsheet etc all come from Labs and ultimately some are down to 20% time but where is Google heading with all this?
It just seems like they've got a shed load of cash and are so board with search engine stuff they want to dabble in other areas that have nothing to do with searching!
I can't imagine anything more pointless than an OS that will only let me work when I'm connected. Broadband goes down and your business is really dead. - StevoCJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They're a public company now. They have to show growth every quarter, and so they must broaden their market to increase revenue.
- bigs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2can you boot to this web os? does it have device drivers? lets call it a pretty website that offers desktop publishing apps and cut the ***** out. I'm sick of the buzz words seriously.
oh cbeach has beaten me - what he said. - theorymaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One of the reasons why GoogleOS is rumored is because Google modified a Linux distribution called Ubuntu for its internal company use. The modified form is known as Goobuntu and is not in any way meant for public distribution. Read about it here:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-rpccJRUwda_TuU2Z4ujI0nb94g--?cq=1 - theorymaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One of the reasons why GoogleOS is rumoured is because Google modified a Linux distribution called Ubuntu for its internal company use. The modified form is known as Goobuntu and is not in any way meant for public distribution. Read all about it here:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-rpccJRUwda_TuU2Z4ujI0nb94g--?cq=1 - paulmdx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"nobody in business is going to trust any information to anyone else"
Except customers of SalesForce.com, the highly successful online CRM app. Not to mention managed services such as email. - chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2yep. And nobody in business is going to trust any information to anyone else.
Microsoft makes most (if not all) their money from business. If 50% of home users switched I still don't think it would have much impact.
And then there is the problem of, if you don't have an internet connection you don't have a PC. stupid idea. It's going to fail BIG time. - chrism1128, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe it will run on the Apple iPhone that was released last year. no, this year. Oh no, that's right, next year.
Don't post this crap again unless you have a download link included in the story! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Scoble's comment to that post is golden.
- spectre_25gt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Destined to fail because people won't know about it? You do remember that Google's main revenue comes from advertising, right?
- geoken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hasn't MSN been the default home page for IE users for years? How is the fact that it's the default home page and search provider in IE7 going to change anything? If you're an IE user you either;
a) Like Google, have it as your home page and if/when you upgrade to IE7 you will promply reset your homepage/search provider to Google
b) Don't care, have MSN as your home page and will probably leave it as your homepage/search provider in IE7 in which case Google isn't really loosing anything. - growler1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd much rather have my OS on flash, carry it with me, and have all hardware capable enough for it to run and surf quickly.
- aer0sense, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You understand that to access it you will need to be using Windows, OSX, or Linux with a compatitable browser.
Its not really an OS if its online. - silenceHR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Google internally uses it own version of Linux, modified for their needs, so basically, GoogleOS does exist.
If they put it for free download and tie it up with their online office-like suit it might work, due to power of their brand name, there are many people who would download GoogleOS only cause it's cool to have it... and i don't see any downside it it, specially if it is basically Linux ... if it catches up, more companies would make their software to work on Linux and that is good. - metafore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1>hello?
hi. i'm looking for digg.
>oh, you've got the wrong number. this is specculation.
oh, that explains it. kkthxbye.
>ciao. - pgouy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hmmm.. so we DO need a 'Tech Industry Speculation' category...
- mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wtf is a "web based online OS" ??
- EBFoxbat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I tend to think the Google OS will be a suite of all their web based stuff and not an OS at all.
Some type of unified interface (which they are working towards with web based apps) within a common local applications. - gerbilthemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Google already have gone against their philosophy, I quote from their list of 10 things
"2. It's best to do one thing really, really well.
Google does search. With one of the world's largest research groups focused exclusively on solving search problems, we know what we do well, and how we could do it better. Through continued iteration on difficult problems, we've been able to solve complex issues and provide continuous improvements to a service already considered the best on the web at making finding information a fast and seamless experience for millions of users."
If they make an OS it will only counteract their philosophy further. - SteveMax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Or: "It may be anything. We're just posting this for the ad traffic."
Lame. - Avalontor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Apple and Linux combined cannot compete with Win OS but some of you think Google can and will?.
- Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I personally think that GoogleOS is waiting to rise from the ashes of an IP war. Why wouldn't it?
- ioral, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I guess I'm the first to mention the word "appliance" in this thread. google already makes appliances, running modded linux. i guess this would be closest to "googleOS."i don't think google would make a general-purpose OS. likely they would come up with something like a "Google Office Server Appliance," so instead of installing office on each computer, everyone would just connect to the appliance using firefox augmented by a "Google Office Plugin." That way, documents would be harder to misplace and it would be easier to search all documents in the office.
(anyone from google reading this? hire me! heheh i speak english, japanese, perl, c++, java and python) -
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