New Evidence Alludes to Google OS
Posted 12/10/08 at 01:42:00 PM by Pulkit Chandna
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Google seems to be espousing a very simple strategy of expanding rapidly and at all costs. Although there is always going to be the possibility of Google spreading itself too thin, there is also immense hope of it benefiting under the law of averages. Market research firm Net Applications has fueled rumors of a Google OS. Yes, Google might be getting ready to enter the OS market.
Net Applications’ legion of software sensors across the internet has gathered some interesting data recently. Around one third of the traffic coming from Google has its OS information inexplicably hidden. According to Net Applications, this is truly unprecedented as they have never observed “an OS stripped off the user agent string before”. Is Google working on an OS of its own now?
New OS
Submitted by Evilmale on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 8:50pm
I like totally predicted this and told my friends that google was coming out with its own OS yaya what now
considering googles reputation this is sure to be a good product
Submitted by hogkill on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 3:34pm
Im using it right now.
What I want from Google is a
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 1:43pm
What I want from Google is a nice powerful OS that supports Windows Software. If it works in Windows it'll work in the Google OS. Perhaps even faster.
That would be awsome.
If it's linux then there is already a distro with Google as it's central Theme. Will Google pick this up and run with it I hope not. I want an OS that everyone can use without having to recompile this and edit that from the command line. Basically as far as I'm concerned as for ease of use when it comes to installing software that I purchase at a store the Windows Package Manager is the best way to go. That's basically what it is it's a package manager. It's a central piece of software that is used to install programs and it works great.
Cloud Computing
Submitted by Bender2000 on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 1:03pm
How heavy an OS would be needed for cloud computing? Google OS will be sold on Netbooks and have google apps built in. No challenge to Microsoft in the office, but students and consumers will like it. Would your mother in law buy it?
linux based is fine
Submitted by Gailim on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 12:54pm
it doesnt matter if its linux based or not. the test for this will be is it easy to use. the primary failing of linux is that you still need to use CLI commands for basic tasks. that is just not acceptible for an OS that hopes to be widespread. if they can make all of the basic function availble in easy GUI form then this OS at least has a chance. if not... then its not even worth talking about
When's the last time you
Submitted by horzo on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 4:15pm
When's the last time you looked at a Linux distro? I use Kubuntu on both my work desktop and a personal laptop daily, and it really has become pretty brainless. Granted, I know what I'm doing, but I can easily get through the basics of my day (email, web, moving files around, etc.) entirely through the GUI.
Remember that OSX is nothing but a UNIX variant (BSD) with a pretty GUI on top. If Google chooses to do the same sort of thing with Linux, it's easily possible.
Submitted by Gailim on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 1:12pm
I include installing programs to be a "basic task"
Slamming the Gorilla to the
Submitted by kleinkinstein on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 12:28pm
Slamming the Gorilla to the ground and stomping a foot on it's neck will be an easy feat if Win7 is a failure.
Not surprising...
Submitted by windbane on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 12:04pm
Not surprising that Google wants to have its own OS, where all the built-in apps are Google branded ie Gmail, Chrome, Googles Apps etc, hmmm really does sound like they want to be like Microsoft...but it will probably just be a Google flavour of Linux.
if someone was to challenge
Submitted by FrancesTheMute on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 11:52am
if someone were to challenge the 800-lb gorilla that is Microsoft in the OS department, Google would probably be the ones to do it. If they could make a Google OS that's got a very small footprint, and can run Windows programs right out of the box, then they'd have a winner.
Submitted by horzo on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 12:39pm
you can't have an OS "that runs Windows programs right out of the box" with like-for-like performance and compatibility without using (or at least emulating REALLY convincingly) a significant chunk of the Windows code base. This is precisely why Microsoft itself hasn't completely rewritten the Windows kernel... they have to put a high priority on compatibility with legacy software.
It's been well know for quite awhile that Google uses its own in-house Linux distro for employee workstations, etc. Any OS they come up with is likely to be heavily Linux-based with a Google-branded GUI on top,
This is GOOGLE were talking
Submitted by nekollx on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 12:49pm
This is GOOGLE were talking about though. Heck knowing them the Google OS (once it passes out of beta which we all know wil be something like a 3 year long open source affair if the past is any indication) will probably suppost Liniux, Mac and Windows out of the box, transparently.
Submitted by Digital-Storm on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 6:44pm
Please spell linux correctly next time. Thankyou.
Submitted by hades_2100 on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 7:21pm
While we're at it, please spell 'thank you' correctly next time.
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