Chrome OS is just part of web vision

摘要

Google's timing is immaculate. Just when Microsoft is trying to get us excited again about Windows and Office, it announces its own operating system, called Google Chrome OS, initially targeting netbooks and to be released in the second half of 2010. In the ensuing storm of comment, two contrasting opinions have been expressed. "Microsoft really is dead in the water. It might be churning a profit right now, but its business model and products have reached the natural end of their life," says Linux writer Kier Thomas. On the other side, enterprise blogger Dennis Howlett says, "In the real world, Microsoft is the dominant player across almost every category you can think of. Expecting Google to upend it through open source developers may come to pass, but I doubt it will be in my lifetime." hi some ways, both knee-jerk reactions are missing the point.