That’s No Moon Browser. It’s a Space Station Web Desktop
by John Paczkowski
Posted on September 2, 2008 at 11:31 AM PT
What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for Web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.”– Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management, and Linus Upson, Engineering Director, Google
“With its view of the Web as a Web of applications, and its multi-process/multi-application design, Google Chrome almost seems more a Web desktop than a Web browser, doesn’t it?” Seems I wasn’t alone in asking that question yesterday, as a flurry of research notes published today suggests.
“We believe the simplicity and open-source nature of Chrome is well-suited to the mobile environment,” Lehman’s Doug Anmuth told clients this morning. “Ultimately, we believe Chrome is part of Google’s overall cloud-based computing strategy as the browser morphs to become the platform of the next generation OS.”
Ovum analyst David Mitchell was even more forthright in his assessment of Chrome as a Webtop in a browser’s clothing.
“What you are seeing is the language of the browser coming very close to that of the operating system, with services provided at the browser level rather than the OS level,” Mitchell said. “If some of the OS functionality is within the browser then there will be a demand for a more anorexic OS running underneath. It is a big step towards telling people like Microsoft that they are not so popular after all.”
Funny, isn’t it? Google (GOOG) has long been rumored to be developing a browser and an OS. Who would have thought they’d be the same thing?
Comments
This is SUPERB!!! ALL SALUTES GO TO GOOGLE!
Posted by Peter M. Rackov at September 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 amA minor comment for the Google Guys: The name “GOOGLE” is a winner! (Picture a baby saying: “gooooogllleeee”). A Charmer! Now look at this:
“Android” (WHUH? I believe kids have outgrown George L.). And now: “CHROME” (Can you feel a metallic taste in your mouth). How about: “BeeBee”, or “MMMM”!…???
this is netscape 2.0…netscape made an attempt to turn the browser into an OS and bombed… google is search but not OS leader…a new war is brewing here…google should have acquired firefox from mozilla and leveraged its user base
Posted by Sam Harrison at September 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pmLARRY, SERGEI, ERIC:
Posted by Peter M. Rackov at September 8th, 2008 at 6:44 amFrom Peter (puma202), a Google admirer:
I GOT IT, I GOT IT!!!
CHROME!!! EXACTLY! Exploring (ahem) the Internet is like driving an old, 80 GB beat up car, with rusty, unreliable body. Even the car WINDOWS are rusty!!! Help, Google! Thanks! You put…you put a shiny, CHROME plating on the clunky, 80 GB car! You let me NAVIGATE with GPS, so I don’t even need to look through the Windows!!!