Can there be threat to Microsoft from Google OS?

Question

This is a huge damn thing for MICROSOFT...
I guess Bill Gates can have sleepless nights...
What do you think guys???

Answer 1

Bill Gates doesn't really work for microsoft anymore.

Answer 2

ANY operating system should be viewed by Microsoft as a threat. However, Microsoft enjoys the position of "top dog," and has marketing and bundling agreements with the majority of hardware vendors. This means that when you are shopping for a computer, you almost have to wrestle with the vendor to get it built WITHOUT Windows.



Linux has become a real player in the business world. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is now listed as one of the main choices that IT departments can choose when they build up their data centers. "Unbreakable Oracle," for example, is built on a Linux cluster.



However, Microsoft has the hard grip on the desktop. Google's OS promises to move applications to the "cloud," which means no local I/O (except printing, perhaps), and in essence, returns computing to the "dumb terminal" stage, where users are entirely dependent on applications running elsewhere for their productivity. If I were Microsoft, I'd be keeping my eye on it, but not wasting sleep on it at this time.

Answer 3

It's a threat, but it's minor right now. Once Google OS gets released and gets some real world exposure we'll know just how big of a threat.



I might become another Linux or Mac to them, could be nothing, or it could give them a run for their money.

Answer 4

Probably not, microsoft is well known and well used, Google's also good, they'll compete but it's not really a threat.

Answer 5

I guess GOOGLE OS will have so many things to work on.

And I guess.. Bill Gates is not worried about it.

Answer 6

Google chrome has log way to go and other hand Microsoft

has 90 shares in PC market but Windows has there own + and - points like failure of vista and now they be came batter with windows 7 but they have viruses, start up time, memory lack problems they still not solved.

Big thing with MICROSOFT also charge huge prices for OS and Soft wares.



Google chrome OS going to build on Linux by difficult it don't have viruses problems its going to be instant on OS this is very early to say any ting for how its going to work on PC but modern Linux OS like ubuntu works well so lest wait for release. Last but not list its going to be FREE ;)

If Google The big name coming to Linux that min hardware and software vender's are also make application and driver for Linux that is become a Microsoft killer



Google Chrome OS:-------------------->

An open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at net books. Later this year we will open-source its code, and net books running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.



Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.



Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.



Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.



We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.



Microsoft:------------------------->

Bill Gates, in an interview with Newsweek, suggested that the next version of Windows would "be more user-centric".Gates later said that Windows 7 will also focus on performance improvements.[28] Steven Sinofsky later expanded on this point, explaining in the Engineering Windows 7 blog that the company was using a variety of new tracing tools to measure the performance of many areas of the operating system on an ongoing basis, to help locate inefficient code paths and to help prevent performance regressions.



Senior Vice President Bill Veghte stated that Windows Vista users migrating to Windows 7 would not find the kind of device compatibility issues they encountered migrating from Windows XP. Speaking about Windows 7 on October 16, 2008, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed compatibility between Vista and Windows 7, indicating that Windows 7 will be a refined version of Windows Vista.