4 Substantial Risks That Google Takes With Chrome OS

by Sam Dean - Nov. 20, 2009Comments (5)

Google is a company well-known for taking risks with various kinds of software projects, and the upcoming Chrome OS will be one of its most ambitious projects yet. The open source operating system, which Canonical and the Ubuntu team have contributed to, includes some bold gambles from Google. These include automatic wipes of the operating system with subsequent reinstallation whenever malware is detected, no hard disks on netbooks housing Chrome OS and more. GigaOm has the four big risks Google is taking with the new OS.

 


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I am really quite excited by the chrome OS. Clearly Google will be looking to dominate cloud computing in the future, and I am definite believer that all our applications will be complicated in the browser, with the computer really acting as the hub for this.


Thing of all the piracy isses this would solve to start with.


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As am I, it's a very interesting approach Google is taking. I can't wait to pick up a netbook with Chrome OS on it.


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Chrome, or Android? Aren't there netbooks already shipping with Android?


Chrome should be good in any case. Let us see how Google Gears and others are integrated.


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would be great to try this OS out... when is it gonna be released?


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would be great to try this OS out... when is it gonna be released?


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