When the Web goes to meet the software ... After launching an online office suite and a Web browser, Google continues its incursions into the field of software with the announcement in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an operating system designed by him: Google Chrome OS. Designed initially for netbooks but compatible with any personal computer, open source operating system is intended particularly light, centered around the Web browser and online services. The source code will be released by the end of the year for general availability in the second half of 2010.
A surprising announcement? Maybe not. Since 2006, the rumor ready Google intends to design a minimalist operating system, completely turned to the Web and online services: Gmail for mail, Google Talk for communication, Google Docs for office and collaborative work, etc.. Google only lacked the cornerstone for bringing these applications hosted on the client computer, a box filled today by the Web browser home, Chrome.
If the future of Google OS named after the browser is that it will occupy a central place in the heart of the system, consisting of a single kernel which the Mountain View company will graft a windowed user interface, and minimalist. " Speed, Simplicity and security are key aspects of Google Chrome "promise Sundar Pichai, vice president of product and Linus Upson, engineering manager, on the official Google Blog. " As we did with our Google Chrome browser, we return to fundamentals and completely rethink the architecture that underlies the entire system, so that users do not have to worry about viruses , malware or security updates. It should just work .
" For application developers, the Web is the platform. All online applications will work automatically, and new can be written using your favorite web technologies , add representatives from Google, according to the great strength of this model will come from that applications written with Chrome OS in the firing line may also work with all other systems on the market, since they will be accessible through the browser.
Compatible with both the x86 processors (computers) with the ARM architecture (smartphones), Google Chrome is presented as a separate project for Android, the mobile operating system of the firm. " Although there are some areas on which Google Chrome and Android OS overlap, we believe the choice will motivate innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google , "says the firm.
While the first netbooks were entering the market with Linux distributions, the industry is gradually passed back to Windows. XP first, then almost 7, because a future version of the Windows operating system will be specially reserved for netbooks. The sector could however turn back, especially if it is offered the possibility to include a free operating system, lightweight, and carried by a strong brand such as the number one global online research, which the browser is already used by thirty million Internet users worldwide.
The fact that this OS is unveiled this week, more than a year before the date set for its release, is perhaps no coincidence that Microsoft is starting on 13 July its Worldwide Partners Conference , at which officials of the firm should make important announcements about Windows 7 (provision of RTM) and the publisher policy for hosted services, accessible through the browser. " Insofar as we are already in discussion with our partners about this, and soon will work with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision of things now so that everyone knows what we are trying to realize, "merely states Google.
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