Google Chrome OS vs Microsoft Azure
Google hurried to bring the news: Google will come with it’s own OS. Why now? Because a few days later Microsoft brought similar news.
“Google is starting to respond to questions about the just announced Chrome operating system. In a short FAQ today they talked about cost and initial partners.First of all, the software will be free, which was an easy assumption to make since it will be open source. Like Android, Google will not charge users or device manufacturers to use the Chrome OS.
“July 7th Google said they were already working with device manufacturers to roll out Chrome OS devices late next year. July 8th they announced at least some of those partners: Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments.”
The choice for many laptop manufacturers is a logical one. Google has to have some platforms who are willing to deliver their products with Chrome OS. The choice for Adobe is also a logical one since Flex is competing with Silverlight.
Meanwhile Microsoft just made its first cloud OS, dubbed Azure, officially official. The system allows developers and hobbyist alike to collaborate together on a flexible and interoperable application platform. Applications created within can run from the cloud or even enhance non-cloud based applications with the hive-like features.
“Azure reduces the need for up-front technology purchases, and it enables developers to quickly and easily create applications running in the cloud by using their existing skills with the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment and the Microsoft .NET Framework.The entire service is an open platform that supports not only the Microsoft Visual Studio and .Net Framework, but also Eclipse, Ruby, PHP, and Python. The service isn’t up and running just yet, but curious geeks can register to be part of the Community Technology Preview.”
I think it is a good thing that besides Linux another OS will try to gain some part of the market but isn’t XP just a hit cause everyone is used to it?That’s not to say a Google OS for Netbooks wouldn’t have certain advantages. The combination of Gmail, Google Docs, and the Chrome Web browser makes for a compelling case that Google will be able to build a very usable front-end for consumers. But, by the time the first Chrome OS Netbooks are available–the second half of 2010–Microsoft’s Netbook-friendly Windows 7 will have already had about a year to maintain its iron grip on the Netbook market.
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