Google challenging Microsoft in the OS market

TheEnforcer · 07-08-2009

A potential real challenger to Microsoft. Click link for full article.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_227513.html

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience.

The new operating system, announced late Tuesday night on Google's Web site, will be based on the company's nine-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based company disclosed its plans for the operating system shortly after an online technology news service, Ars Technica, and The New York Times telegraphed the news on their Web sites.

Shares of Google jumped $3.21 to $399.84 in premarket trading Wednesday, while Microsoft fell 18 cents to $22.35.

Google is designing the operating system primarily for "netbooks," a lower-cost, less powerful breed of laptop computers that is becoming increasingly popular among budget-conscious consumers primarily interested in surfing the Web.

The operating system represents Google's boldest challenge yet to its biggest nemesis _ Microsoft.

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TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	Google challenging Microsoft in the OS market A potential real challenger to Microsoft. Click link for full article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_227513.html SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience. The new operating system, announced late Tuesday night on Google's Web site, will be based on the company's nine-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company disclosed its plans for the operating system shortly after an online technology news service, Ars Technica, and The New York Times telegraphed the news on their Web sites. Shares of Google jumped $3.21 to $399.84 in premarket trading Wednesday, while Microsoft fell 18 cents to $22.35. Google is designing the operating system primarily for "netbooks," a lower-cost, less powerful breed of laptop computers that is becoming increasingly popular among budget-conscious consumers primarily interested in surfing the Web. The operating system represents Google's boldest challenge yet to its biggest nemesis _ Microsoft.