What you guys think about the whole idea of Chrome OS? I am starting to see the advantage in two areas:
1) ultracheap internet devices. I would immediately pay up to $150 to have a tablet which I can switch on and instantly (7 seconds) have browser there.
2) I will see the same desktop from everywhere.
But, what will Microsoft do? My guess is that they will wait a bit to see how will it take of, and if it will gain some market share, they can easily copy the whole idea and come up with something like "Windows 8 Light", or "Windows Silverlight". They could remove some parts of Windows 7, leaving just the kernel, part of .NET, Silverlight support and IE. Then they can add some online support, and we will have Chrome OS alternative, but with a possibility to run native windows app.
Microsoft already have something close to the kernel only product you propose that they create in response to Chrome OS - Microsft Server 2008 Server Core.
I don't think that it can start in 7 seconds - and that's without having .Net, Silverlight and IE support.
I am concerned by the revelation that all the program and user data will be held on the Google servers. Sure, it makes for a very secure back-up and the speed it will achieve on smaller machines will be astounding, but do I need one company to have ownership of all my data/information?
Obliviously computing over encrypted data has a lot of potential, but there are still many technical barriers to overcome before it's practical on a large scale.
If you're talking about Gentry's fully homomorphic encryption, that's not going to be used in practice any time soon.
that's "because they are not evil", you know... People who are supporting Chrome cite they won't be 'locked in to Windows' as a key point, but they don't realize that the lock-in, in this case, will be A LOT worse..
Yeah - the bits most people create are hardly worth the platters they sit on. Chrome OS is for them. The people whose entire online existence consists of forwarded emails and flash games.
I'm writing this on Chromium OS booted from a USB drive on an Acer AspireOne. Wifi and trackpad do not work but the rest is fine. Trying to find a way to switch to Dvorak.
1) ultracheap internet devices. I would immediately pay up to $150 to have a tablet which I can switch on and instantly (7 seconds) have browser there.
2) I will see the same desktop from everywhere.
But, what will Microsoft do? My guess is that they will wait a bit to see how will it take of, and if it will gain some market share, they can easily copy the whole idea and come up with something like "Windows 8 Light", or "Windows Silverlight". They could remove some parts of Windows 7, leaving just the kernel, part of .NET, Silverlight support and IE. Then they can add some online support, and we will have Chrome OS alternative, but with a possibility to run native windows app.