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more about #googlechrome more comments → ifstone: I'm surprised the press has missed the most interesting angle on Google's "OS" and Chrome browser. None of these efforts would be necessary if a guy n... more » Shadowlayer: AFAIK there's no Chrome for Linux or Mac, just a carbon-copy called Chromium which is just not the same. IMO releasing this Chrome+Linux-kernel thing ... more » CumaeanSibyl: Let's be dispassionate. Before yesterday's announcement: 1. Chrome ran on Linux. Since when? There's no Linux version available on Google's site. Or i... more » riggssm: Oh for fuck's sake. Comments all day devolve into geek speak ("HTML5 won't be ready for a year FAIL>>>>") People who aren't geeks--which I... more » Drunken Economist: All the hair splitting around 'what's an OS' aside, this is going to work because of two things: 1/ The Google name. Every Facebooker and MySpacer out... more » Thomas Lord: Uh, Dave is kind of full of shit on that one. We'll understand the details of the new Google OS better as time passes but from their first blog post a... more » superannuated_grad_student: I think there's more potential than you suggest. After all, Apple's OS X is just a "shell" over a BSD kernel, and they seem to be doing all right. T... more » macbeach: Most of the journos are getting it wrong too. "Massive invasion of privacy!" (From and open source OS? Really?) "Google drops atom bomb!" (Oh, yeah... more » Tremonius: Correct me here. Gates retailed DOS to IBM; he didn't write the code. He wisely retained the copyright. Microsoft proceeded to copy the GUI from PARC ... more » unclevanya: The Mozilla Foundation describes itself as "a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet". Meanwh... more » Pamela Strangeways: As has been mentioned in this thread, that silly "don't be evil" mantra may have been good for getting go-goody devs into the building (combined with ... more » maevemealone: As my home computer is something purchased on the overheard gossip of office geeks ("we didn't say actually buy the thing!") it is structured exactly ... more » Dagrolord: In related news, a party of fox-hunting billionaires which included Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are being excoriated for 'deuced bad fo... more » macbeach: I think this will be bad PR for them. I'd love to have a Linux version of Chrome, but it is also very valuable to have a browser out there that is b... more » MattGaymon: When you read this through Google Reader, there's an ad to install Chrome at the bottom of the post. more » -
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Google's 'War' With Microsoft is a Shell Game
The tech world is atwitter: Google just announced a new operating system, which will compete with Microsoft Windows. The only problem? It's not a new operating system, and it doesn't compete with Microsoft Windows. More » -
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Is Google Killing Firefox?
Google wants to be your Web browser, not just your search engine, which is why it unveiled Chrome last fall, a rival to Firefox. Now we hear Google's ready to hit Firefox in the pocketbook. More » -
