Google says the software architecture will basically be the current Chrome browser running inside “a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.” So in other words, it basically is the web as an OS. And applications developers will develop for it just as they would on the web. This is similar to the approach Palm has taken with its new webOS for the Palm Pre, but Google notes that any app developed for Google Chrome OS will work in any standards-compliant browser on any OS.
via techcrunch.com
My last post indicated that Chrome was a competitive platform to Linux, but after learning that Chrome OS is based on a Linux kernel, technically it is an offshoot, or a variant. It’s actually encouraging that a large company has used the development environment of open source to it’s own advantage – very shrewd from an internal cost of operations angle. It still remains to be seen what type of reception that the OS will have in the Linux world, whether it will be accepted as just another port or whether it will be shunned for being too corporate. In the end it’s all about usage, and what works best for the largest audience. That will determine any platform’s staying power.
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