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Why Google's OS Won't Beat Microsoft

Windows 7, open-source competition hold Chrome OS back

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(Newser) – Microsoft needn’t stress about Google’s planned operating system, writes Joseph Tartakoff for paidContent. Five reasons why:

  • Windows 7 will put Microsoft on firmer ground, having won great reviews so far—and it will have been out 9 months by the time Chrome OS appears.
  • Google’s not the only behemoth that knows users are running apps inside their browsers more often: Microsoft is developing a new "browser-based OS" with that in mind.

  • Chrome OS will face competition from Ubuntu and other open-source operating systems at a time when Ubuntu is emerging as the leader—further splintering the market.
  • Since Chrome OS is centered on the Web, users won’t likely be able to run any Windows applications.
  • This isn’t the first time Google has directly attacked Microsoft: see Google Docs and the Chrome browser; neither has grabbed much market share.

Steven Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft prepares to address The National Summit in Detroit, Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
Steven Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft prepares to address The National Summit in Detroit, Wednesday, June 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
The logo for the Google Chrome Web browser during a news conference at Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
The logo for the Google Chrome Web browser during a news conference at Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
Google co-founder Sergey Brin talks about the Google browser Chrome during a news conference at Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin talks about the Google browser Chrome during a news conference at Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Germany in 2007.
Exhibitors work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Germany in 2007.   (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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Alexandria
Jul 9, 09 11:52 AM CDT
Google should stick to what it's good at- being a search engine. And that picture of Steven Ballmer is creepy. Reply
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AClotfelter
Jul 9, 09 12:21 PM CDT
Heh, every pic of Ballmer is creepy...
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nohuiam
Jul 9, 09 12:04 PM CDT
Okay, that's two Newser articles in several hours about Google not touching a Microsoft product. There is beginning to be a pattern here. Reply
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Reader65069154
Jul 9, 09 1:24 PM CDT
Actually 3. One about how great Bing is, one about how Google is a monopoly, and this one.... I bet most technical opinion writers who champion Microsoft has never actually worked in IT with their terrible products.
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Altoecko
Jul 9, 09 12:21 PM CDT
Google Docs not taking a big market share? Seriously? Every organization I've worked with in a collaborative manner over the past 3 to 4 years has used Google Docs. Reply
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