Google has launched its new Operating System, the Google Chrome OS, an open-source, free of charge, lightweight OS, which is based off its Chrome browser, and it will initially be targeted at netbook computers. Clearly, it will be a big challenge to Microsoft’s longstanding domination of the OS market.

It all sound so dramatic and exciting; a new rival to Windows has come. Actually, the rumors have been bubbling for a long time now and project like Android has showed Google’s interest in the battle arena of operating system. Indeed, most people all over the Internet have assumed that the Chrome OS is intended to replace Windows on PCs, believe that Google is either off its rocker in jumping into OS or doing it out of spite for Microsoft. However, it will be a big mistake if those people are still sticking with these minds. There are so many questions to be answered. How will Chrome OS differ from Windows? How will it work?

The truth is that Google is still facing many challenges in getting and creating support for new OS. Essentially, Google is trying to make a new OS tuned to the needs of the Post-PC Age. However, that age has not arrived yet, and it may not arrive completely for a long time, but the trend is apparent. The fact is it will not be easy; the truth is that Google has tried to make it somewhat simpler than it looks. Google has launched Chrome OS a year in advance and called for the help of outside developers. The fact is that Google is not trying to reinvent everything, it is because of the Chrome OS is developed atop a Linux kernel, or foundation. Google leverages what already has been invented. Furthermore, Google does not even need to attract developers to the Chrome OS, at least not in the usual way. Software programmers need only develop a Web application using well-known platforms such as Adobe Flash, and they should run on the Chrome OS.

Chrome OS aims to solve problems associated with Windows, an OS that is not built for a computing world based on the Web. To resolve it, Chrome OS will run within a windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. This means that Web applications will run immediately on this OS. In addition, for all these years, Google has been known for their minimalist interfaces, Web perceptive, lightweight products, and the sheer speed of all their products. It seems that Google intends to take all their knowledge and strengths and port them over into the OS market.

Most PC’s users have spent hundreds of dollars for the premier versions of Windows that brings up the cost of new PCs. Since Chrome OS is open-source, it is almost certain to be free, but Google has not explicitly stated anything of the sort. If Google decides to distribute Chrome OS free, they will almost certainly monetize it with ads. With their expertise in Web advertising, perhaps, Google will utilize non-intrusive advertising to create a new revenue stream.

So far, Windows has dominated for years, any OS that tries to manage PCs clearly competes with it. Google is synonymous to search, and Windows is synonymous to OS. Microsoft has not faced serious obstacle in the OS market in a long, long time. In fact, it is too soon to judge that Google is above throwing a few marbles in Microsoft’s way. Some people say that Google is simply going to release a stripped down Linux OS and badge it Chrome. Moreover, the scenario is that Google wants lots of people from open-source community to help Google’s teams to make something new and make millions of dollars off the back of “free” work done by others.

Google’s decision to make an OS seems like an obvious thing to do. The world is hungry for innovation on the OS and the Chrome is coming at the right time. The issue is that younger generations are more “consumers” than “inventors”, they would rather read about what everyone else is doing rather than inventing something useful for society, and these “consumption” usage models do not really require a full-blown PC. However, sometimes, people are used to it and they do not want to change, even if it is for the sake of their better.

Google is continuing its ambition to face an aggressive Microsoft, which requires much energy to think outside the search box. Google has the trust factor to bring Linux to a mass market. Think about a netbook that sold with Chrome OS pre-installed, and it is cheaper than Win 7 netbooks. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s new search engine Bing, is the default search engine for its industry-leading Internet Explorer browser.

Chrome OS is a new Google’s project, which is separate from Android. Android was developed from the beginning to work across a variety devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Meanwhile, Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the Web. Moreover, Chrome is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. In fact, there are areas where Chrome OS and Android overlap, but DoubleDT.Com believes that choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including you.

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