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Friday, July 10, 2009 | |
Daring Fireball: Putting What Little We Actually Know About Chrome OS Into Context: But at a practical level, how well will this actually work? Is it feasible to use Chrome OS as your sole computer?... In short, will Chrome OS pass the dog food test: is it something Google’s own engineers will want to use? Okay, long quote, but I've got to wonder what he's thinking here. Chrome is supposed to be for computers somewhere between desktops and PDAs, and honestly, how much do I do can't be done in a browser? More importantly, how much can I do that Google wouldn't rather I do in a browser? Our old friend, Joel Spolsky, talks a bit about commoditizing the OS on joelonsoftware.com, and it's exactly what Netscape originally intended to do. A large reason why Netscape didn't work out is that Microsoft took this OS within an OS very seriously. They killed it. Gmail, Google Reader, Google Docs, Google Talk -- most anything short of programming happens on Google within Google pages. And if the boot time is significantly reduced, all the better. How often am I outside of my browser? I use Thunderbird, iChat/Pidgin, and iCal, but how much of that suffers much moving to the browser? Other things like iMovie and iPhoto or Picasa might have online Google versions in progress now. With Gears, I assume it's happening. So fast forward another year and a half, and that's if Google ships on time, and assume more moves into the browser, not less. Netscape had a great idea with Navigator, and it looks like Google wants to leverage Linux to make good on that promise. Btw, Gruber's comparison of Linux to Windows seems spot on. So I think Gnome and KDE are stuck with a problem similar to the uncanny valley. If you're always almostWindows, why would anyone switch? It's just bizarro world. The reason Linux hasn't ever won the desktop isn't because of Linux, but because of its windows managers. Seriously, you think Apple wouldn't release iTunes for Linux if it had 15-20% marketshare? I can't imagine a few entertainment apps are stopping Linux' proverbial ascension. posted by ruffin at 7/10/2009 12:14:00 PM |
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