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Google Chrome Attacks Windows Through the Web

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In a matter of hours, Google will unleash its new Chrome browser. Built from the ground up to support the rise of Web apps, Chrome will strike at the very thing that gives Windows most of its value.

Instead of coming out with a Google OS to compete directly with Windows, Google comes out with a browser that behaves like an OS: process isolation, multithreading, etc. It won’t compete directly with Windows, but it will enable Web apps to compete much better with Windows apps — and much of an operating system’s value comes from its apps.

The word “browser” is itself a relic from the days when the Web was a bunch of static pages. If Chrome delivers on its promise of robust Web app support, it will become less of a browser and more of a Web app OS. Chrome strikes at Windows’ desktop dominance not by competing for the desktop, but by rendering the desktop less relevant. Ballmer will need another chair.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 am and is filed under Software. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS feed.

3 Responses to “Google Chrome Attacks Windows Through the Web”

  • blogsactice says: blogsactice
    September 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 am

    wow!That’s great!

  • delajoker says: delajoker
    September 3rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    I tried Chrome, and think that it really was clean (yet elegant) and fast as it was claimed to be.

  • movie buff says: movie buff
    September 4th, 2008 at 4:21 am

    if anyone takes a hit from Chrome getting released it will be Firefox

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