Comments on: Google Chrome: Redefining The Operating System http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Frank Jonen http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13268 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:08:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13268 Yeh that’s all nice and futuristic and all. But I still live in Germany where we don’t have Internet 24/7, some days we don’t have it at all.

It’s not a commodity like in the US or other first world countries.

Our entire cutesie little country is backed by the Telekom monopoly which is about 10x worse than AT&T for comparison and owns 90% of the copper in the ground.

For a web based OS to take steam, countries need to level up to a common standard, otherwise corporate will not adopt it because they can’t rely on the net being there.

]]> By: Frank Jonen http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13260 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:08:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13260 Yeh that’s all nice and futuristic and all. But I still live in Germany where we don’t have Internet 24/7, some days we don’t have it at all.

It’s not a commodity like in the US or other first world countries.

Our entire cutesie little country is backed by the Telekom monopoly which is about 10x worse than AT&T for comparison and owns 90% of the copper in the ground.

For a web based OS to take steam, countries need to level up to a common standard, otherwise corporate will not adopt it because they can’t rely on the net being there.

]]> By: Foobar http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13267 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:02:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13267 Opera users double click submit buttons.

]]> By: Foobar http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13259 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:02:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13259 Opera users double click submit buttons.

]]> By: Richard Klein http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13266 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:01:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13266 Man, am I glad that Google didn’t *really* write “We really, really hate Microsoft.”[1] because that would really turn me off. I don’t believe for a second that Google (or Apple, for that matter) is any better than Microsoft in the long run.

[1] http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/small_00.html

]]> By: Richard Klein http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13258 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:01:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13258 Man, am I glad that Google didn’t *really* write “We really, really hate Microsoft.”[1] because that would really turn me off. I don’t believe for a second that Google (or Apple, for that matter) is any better than Microsoft in the long run.

[1] http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/small_00.html

]]> By: Foobar http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13265 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13265 No chance in hell am I going to use a web-based version of photoshop!

]]> By: Foobar http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13257 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13257 No chance in hell am I going to use a web-based version of photoshop!

]]> By: Scot http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13264 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:56:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13264 “I find myself struggling with the idea of running a programming IDE in the browser – although I’m sure it’ll happen.”

Already done:

https://bespin.mozilla.com/

]]> By: Scot http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13256 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:56:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13256 “I find myself struggling with the idea of running a programming IDE in the browser – although I’m sure it’ll happen.”

Already done:

https://bespin.mozilla.com/

]]> By: Scot http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13263 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:53:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13263 If Gaikai works as advertised then gaming shouldn’t be a problem (assuming Chrome OS ships with flash, which is likely)

http://www.gaikai.com/

]]> By: Scot http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13255 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:53:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13255 If Gaikai works as advertised then gaming shouldn’t be a problem (assuming Chrome OS ships with flash, which is likely)

http://www.gaikai.com/

]]> By: Flobbit http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13262 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:52:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13262 OK. I’ll concede that they’ll take a small slice of the netbook market – I’m just saying all this talk of Google wiping out Windows or “Google drops a Nuclear bomb on windows” is absurd. I’m not really sure microsoft care about losing one percentage point of their growing market.

]]> By: Flobbit http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13254 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:52:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13254 OK. I’ll concede that they’ll take a small slice of the netbook market – I’m just saying all this talk of Google wiping out Windows or “Google drops a Nuclear bomb on windows” is absurd. I’m not really sure microsoft care about losing one percentage point of their growing market.

]]> By: Rich http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13269 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:50:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13269 [...] couple of things of interest announced today – firstly – Google are getting starting an OS war with their long rumoured Chrome based OS. Also, Facebook are dumping their Great Apps program. Also [...]

]]> By: Google Chrome OS, Why It Doesn’t Matter | The Daily Dogcast http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/08/google-chrome-redefining-the-operating-system/#comment-13261 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:50:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=80308#comment-13261 [...] couple of things of interest announced today – firstly – Google are getting starting an OS war with their long rumoured Chrome based OS. Also, Facebook are dumping their Great Apps program. Also [...]

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