Microsoft Lovers Rejoice: Google Chrome Is a Loser
July 22, 2009
i enjoyed the write up “Why Google’s Chrome OS will Turn to Lead” by Preston Gralla. Mr. Gralla makes a number of points that will resonate with Microsoft’s engineers and marketers. For instance, Google has zero experience writing drivers. Chrome will need drivers galore. Ergo Google will have to spend money and time getting its act together in an area in which Microsoft is skilled. Mr. Gralla offers a number of other observations about Chrome. Instead of looking like a bumper on a show car, Chrome will “turn to lead”. For me, one of the more interesting comments was:
So, just what will Chrome OS do? It will tarnish the Google brand and eat up precious company resources on a project with no clear benefit. The company will be less able to launch new projects with potentially larger payoffs.
I think Chrome is neither fish nor fowl. It is not a browser; it’s a walled garden. It’s not an operating system; it’s an air lock to hook a computing device to the Google mother ship. Google likes to make things simple. So operating system it is. I think Chrome has some rust spots. Security anyone? However, like Microsoft Google improves and refines with each iteration. Unlike Microsoft, Google iterates at odd times and ways.
The important point is that Google does not have to rush. Eventually Chrome will be refinished and folks like Mr. Gralla will have to try to figure out what the heck Google has built. Dataspace container, anyone?
Stephen Arnold, July 22, 2009
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Eh, I love, love, love Chrome.