Comments on: Google Chrome OS http://rc3.org/2009/07/08/google-chrome-os/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Wed, 23 May 2012 22:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John http://rc3.org/2009/07/08/google-chrome-os/comment-page-1/#comment-6024 John Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:31:19 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9734#comment-6024 <p>I think it depends on what access Gears gives to the underlying Linux kernel. But since it will be open sourced, I suspect someone will add it.</p> I think it depends on what access Gears gives to the underlying Linux kernel. But since it will be open sourced, I suspect someone will add it.

]]> By: Rafe http://rc3.org/2009/07/08/google-chrome-os/comment-page-1/#comment-6023 Rafe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:37:02 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9734#comment-6023 <p>I wonder if it'll have a terminal application.</p> I wonder if it’ll have a terminal application.

]]> By: John http://rc3.org/2009/07/08/google-chrome-os/comment-page-1/#comment-6022 John Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:45:53 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9734#comment-6022 <p>Except it's not strictly a Network Computer. It's OS that has it's own local storage and can run standalone. Web-connected-ness is there, but it's not required.</p> <p>I speculated several years ago that this was the direction that Google was going, especially after Gears came out.</p> <p>The fear of exactly this is the reason Microsoft targeted and destroyed Netscape. Except they were 10 years early and hit the wrong company.</p> <p>And it's too late for them to stop Google.</p> Except it’s not strictly a Network Computer. It’s OS that has it’s own local storage and can run standalone. Web-connected-ness is there, but it’s not required.

I speculated several years ago that this was the direction that Google was going, especially after Gears came out.

The fear of exactly this is the reason Microsoft targeted and destroyed Netscape. Except they were 10 years early and hit the wrong company.

And it’s too late for them to stop Google.

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