Google Chrome OS – Google operating system for netbooks

Google Chrome OS OR Google OS is the new Google operating system based on Google Chrome browser. Ever since Google has launches its browser Google Chrome browser they were thinking of a lightweight Operation System which they have launched on July 7th as a new Open Source Project – Google Chrome OS.

Here is what Google has announced on its blog about Open Source Project

• Google Chrome OS will be an open source, lightweight operating system
• Will initially be targeted at netbooks
• Later this year Google will open-source its code
• Netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010
• Speed, simplicity and security will be the key aspects of Google Chrome OS
• To start up and get you onto the web will take few seconds
• Users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates
  Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips

Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop system

What will be the future?

If Google is to be belived the future will be anything but Microsoft! As people use more and more web applications, the operating system becomes less important and it makes no sense to pay for it (Microsoft watching?). The desktop mail client could be replaced by Gmail, the calendaring application could be replaced by Google Calendar, the office suite has lightweight alternatives: Google Docs and Zoho, it makes more sense to use an online feed reader like Google Reader, and you’ll rarely need a video player when you have YouTube, Hulu and other video sites.

The days of SaaS are here and so they are designing an operation system for SaaS.