Google to develop Chrome OS against Microsoft

"Sohu It News" Beijing time July 8 news, according to foreign media reports, late Tuesday, Google officially announced the development of pc-based operating system, which means that the competition between Google and Microsoft has escalated to a white-hot stage.

The plan will no doubt exacerbate the competition between Google and Microsoft, which currently has an absolute monopoly on the PC sector, Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Google said in its official blog that, initially, the operating system will be positioned on netbooks, compact and low-cost computers. The Open-source software will be named Chrome OS and will be available in the second half of next year.

"Fast, easy, and secure will be the three most emphasized features of the Chrome OS," Google said in its blog: "We are trying to design the operating system as the fastest and thinnest operating system, and it takes only a few seconds to start the PC and access the Internet." ”

This is not the first time Google has set foot in the operating system, after Google has launched an operating system code-named Android for mobile devices such as mobile phones. Currently, a number of mobile phone and netbook manufacturers have launched a model based on the Android operating system.

Google is one of the long-standing advocates of the industry's view that network computing will increasingly play a central role compared to the personal computer installation of applications. Google believes that in the future, applications will run directly in the Internet browser.

Last year, Google released its Chrome browser, which Google described as a powerful tool for users, such as Gmail, Google docs, and other companies, that can work well in chrome. At the same time, Google is constantly upgrading chrome to have more features, and chrome even allows users to use the application without access to the Internet.

It is unclear how much work Googel will have to do before turning chrome into a core component of a complete operating system, but in a recent interview, Netscape founder Mark Anderson (Marc Andreessen) endorsed Chrome, saying: " Chrome is basically a modern operating system.

The rise of netbooks has begun to challenge Microsoft's dominance in the field of personal computing software. The first generation of netbooks used different versions of the Open-source Linux operating system, and mainstream PC vendors such as HP and Dell have also started to support Linux software.

In addition, Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, has started to develop a Linux-based operating system called Moblin. The company has been targeting netbooks and smartphone software in an effort to boost demand for its Atom mobile device chip.

To counter these challenges, Microsoft began offering low-cost Windows XP operating systems on netbooks. In addition, Microsoft has stated that this fall, the upcoming Windows 7 operating system will also be very good to run on the netbook, and due to the global economic downturn, netbooks have become the most beautiful PC market point. Microsoft's current Vista operating system can only run on some highly configured computers.