Google founder calls Windows obsolete in browser era

"Sadie Network News" July 11, according to foreign media reports, Google co-founder Larry Page said in Thursday, Microsoft Windows operating system is outdated.

Although Windows is not mentioned directly, page suggests that in the current internet age, there is a growing use of web browsers, and Windows is outdated.

"Living in the online world, people don't necessarily need something from Eric's time," says Page. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, is 54 years old this year.

Google announced late Tuesday that it would launch its PC operating system, the Chrome OS, to challenge Microsoft Windows, a netbook based on the system that will be available in the second half of 2010. Schmidt called the system a "game-changing person."