DISQUS

Krishna Santani · 4 months ago

Its groundbreaking idea from Google web OS and they are planning to wipe out Windows in a most strategic manner. Google clearly pointing to Microsoft when they say "The operating systems that browsers run were designed in an era where there was no web". But there are few questions which are unanswered like what will happen when we will go offline in Chrome OS? Can we use offline applications like iTunes or Photoshop? Can we run third party applications? How they are going to make profit from it ? I am also bit concerned whether Chrome OS will be embraced by enterprises as it is open source and web based as there is always a security issue....Just wait another thought can Chrome OS will become a global hit especially in small countries where internet is very fickle. But leaving these things aside its going to be win-win situation for the users and it will be interesting to witness the war between giants.

Sportaphile · 4 months ago

I think its worth mentioning in googles press release/blog post ... it said something about everything on your computer will be accessible via web when you use Google OS. That way you can access anything on your home computer from anywhere in the world.

So that means your personal documents, photos, videos etc will be tied to the internet.

Do you not think this is scary? I wouldnt ever want my entire hard drive available via internet... one step closer to Skynet.