Chrome OS and Android have different ideas but are not mutually exclusive.

Lead: the US it website CNET wrote today that, unlike Microsoft and Apple, Google's key Chrome OS and Android operating systems have completely different ideas. Although this will obscure Google's development direction, as the fields involved in these two systems have become an important development trend in today's technology field, they are not mutually exclusive.

The full text is as follows:

　　Two major systems

Google is not the only large technology company with two operating systems, but it is the only company that uses such a large method to operate the two operating systems.

Both Android and Chrome OS have received attention at the Google I/O developer conference.

As an upgraded version of the tablet-specific system cell (honeycomb), Google's new Android 3.1 system released on Tuesday is compatible with external mouse, keyboard, game controller, and many other USB and Bluetooth devices. In short, Android is more and more like PC.

But Wednesday news is about Chrome OS, a chrome-based operating system that can turn Samsung or Acer's new laptops into devices dedicated to running Web applications.

Two days, two ideas. One is a device that can run applications locally. This method is relatively old, but it can attract the attention of a large number of developers with the help of the rapid growth of smart phones. The other is a cloud computing-based product, where the server at the other end of the network executes tasks, and all you have is a powerful "remote control.

　Development Space

However, Google believes that both concepts have room for development. Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, told the media after the company released its first chrome notebook that the two options are not either of the two.

"We found two great successes in our hands. This is a good 'dilemma '." Said Blin. However, since chromebook will not be delivered until June 15, it is still far from success, so this may be too exaggerated. "It's lucky to have one of Android or Chrome OS ." He added that he hinted at the distress caused by such "wealth.

As Google's biggest competitor, Microsoft and Apple both have two operating systems. Microsoft has the desktop system windows and mobile system Windows Phone 7, while Apple has the desktop system Mac OS X and mobile system iOS. Although there are such synergies, these systems seem to be independent of each other.

However, they share the same philosophy: the core is a product with a processor, input hardware, and output display. In contrast, Google's philosophy is much more dispersed.

　　Different Modes

Of course, cloud computing is equally important for Android. It wants to be the entry to Gmail, Docs, and other Web Services. Android wants to speed up the mobile computing revolution and perform well. Therefore, connecting to a server is one of its missions.

For chrome, cloud computing is not only important, but almost all of it. You can use localized files-for example, viewing PDF documents, playing music, or watching videos-but these functions are not the core experience of the system, though necessary. What Google wants to ensure is that when you insert a camera into the USB interface of chromebook, you can quickly upload the photo to the Picasa network album.

According to Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president of chrome, Android and Chrome OS provide a "different and unique computing experience ."

"This is a completely different model," Pi Cai pointed out that all reporters at the press conference had a mobile phone and a notebook. "We hope to provide this option for users and developers ."

He makes sense. Mobile phone processing capabilities are not enough to deal with high-end images, and websites and web applications usually do not perform well on small screen sizes of smartphones. Therefore, localization applications are still useful.

　　Numerous difficulties

In short: Google provides different tools for different scenarios. However, Android and Chrome OS are similar in hardware.

Take Google TV as an example. With the Atom processor, large screen, and reliable home broadband, why not use Chrome OS? What kind of system is most suitable for tablets? If you are a hardware partner of Google, which system should you focus on?

Another challenge is the App Store. Do users who have purchased an android game through the Android Market need to purchase the same game again through Chrome Web store? Angry Birds also supports these two platforms, so other products will certainly adopt similar strategies.

The last is the developer issue. Google must simultaneously promote these two incompatible operating systems and release development tools for them separately.

In short, if there are two companies that will develop such a big difference at the same time, there will be only Google. The company loves programmers, and programmers also love Google in view of the I/O developer conference. Regardless of the fate of Chrome OS and Android, programmers are willing to write applications for these two types of systems at the same time.

This is because, even if Chrome OS and Android are not taken into account, Web programming and mobile programming have now become an important field. Both methods will continue to flourish in the next few years. Even if supporting both systems at the same time may obscure Google's development direction, they are not mutually exclusive. (Ding Hong)

 

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