Why Google won’t have antitrust issues with Chrome OS…

Posted by Jon Mallin at 11:57 pm
Dec 172009
 
Why Google won't have antitrust issues with Chrome OS...

The developer build of Chrome OS that I installed comes pre-installed with links to Microsoft Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. These links are probably provided not to spread the adoption of Chrome OS but to alleviate the antitrust concerns that bad boy Microsoft created in the mid-1990s when it tied Internet Explorer to Windows, thus “suffocating” Netscape. But, this makes me ponder… what if the OS is the browser and only the browser? That is the essence of Chrome. Want to run Firefox? You can’t. Want to run Internet Explorer? No way. This differs from the Microsoft fiasco in a number of relevant ways.

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Mozilla (Firefox, Thunderbird and upcoming Raindrop) vs. Google in 2011?

Posted by Jon Mallin at 10:17 pm
Dec 102009
 
Mozilla (Firefox, Thunderbird and upcoming Raindrop) vs. Google in 2011?

Sebastian Rupley at GigaOM posted about Mozilla’s dependence on Google and the threat Google’s Chrome browser and operating system pose to Mozilla. Firefox is a record-smashing open source success, but the future of Mozilla may be in doubt. More than 90% of its revenue is generated from search-related deals, including the search box in Firefox [Read More...]

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Chrome OS World Weakest Link… Google Docs

Posted by Jon Mallin at 12:57 pm
Nov 212009
 
Chrome OS World Weakest Link... Google Docs

Upon pondering the possibility of a Google Chrome OS World, I believe the weakest link to the widespread adoption of Chrome OS is Google Docs, the web-based word processor. I hadn’t used it until recently and I was actually quite impressed. Nonetheless, it is a poor replacement for Microsoft Word for people who do heavy-duty [Read More...]

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Google Chrome OS World — Winners & Losers in the Paradigm Shift

Posted by Jon Mallin at 2:50 pm
Nov 202009
 
Google Chrome OS World -- Winners & Losers in the Paradigm Shift

I have been avidly reading about the details of Google’s Chrome operating system. Initially, I was disappointed. In its early stages it appears that the Chrome OS will be simply a boot up to the Google Chrome browser (youtube video). After reading some commentary, including Ben Parr’s post on Mashable entitled “With Chrome OS, Google [Read More...]

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