19 Responses for "The Google OS"

1. Brad

   August 25th, 2005 at 10:03 am

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   GoogleOS…scary thought lol

2. Griffith

   August 25th, 2005 at 5:06 pm

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   I’ll buy it!

3. Ben Askins

   August 25th, 2005 at 7:09 pm

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   None of those features listed are anything without Disk IO, Threading etc… core operating system features. Suggesting that Sidebar and Google Talk are the beginnings of a Google OS seem a little naieve. They’re a collection of productivity apps and utilities, not operating system features.

4. Ben Askins

   August 25th, 2005 at 7:13 pm

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   A totally different perspective published back in April ‘04, suggesting the Google OS is already here, and that you use it every day…

   http://www.kottke.org/04/04/google-operating-system

5. Sunny

   August 25th, 2005 at 10:20 pm

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   Yeah an OS that needs another OS to run. Brilliant! Revolutionary even..

6. Brad

   August 25th, 2005 at 11:02 pm

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   it’s like windows 3.1/95/98 all over again!

7. Chris

   August 30th, 2005 at 10:27 am

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   Yes, because an OS is nothing more than a collection of applications and features. (rolleyes)

   I’m a Google leghumper as much as the next guy, but come on. Bit of a stretch.

8. googloor

   September 4th, 2005 at 11:45 pm

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   haha, Ireally want a google os

9. microsoftor

   September 4th, 2005 at 11:48 pm

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   microsoft is best

10. Tim

    September 12th, 2005 at 4:02 pm

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    I think they are wanting us to move away from the traditionaly definition of an OS. For most of the mainstream user, and OS is just a series of applications. These mainstream users are the lifeblood of Microsoft.

    If a desktop PC can be dumbed down to simply a terminal that allows you to launch applications that run as web pages, the regular user will not know the difference.

    This makes the Desktop PC OS a commodity that a simple less intensive OS such as a scaled down implementation of Linux would handle just fine. That means to the average Joe that they no longer have to worry about personal PC security and their investment in to a PC would last longer.

    Businesses are already moving some of their application usage to online programs such as Salesforce.com. Many people use gmail, yahoo mail or hotmail for their email programs. The trend is shifting to moving applications and personal storage of data to a server reducing total cost of ownership

11. jlx

    June 12th, 2006 at 2:07 am

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    thinkof the possibilites of a google os!
    if it were clustered millions of computer working together!!!!!as one googleof course new security would be needed to be researched
    to separate private files from google filesbut an amazing idea though… p.ssorry my keyboard is broken works kinda funny space and other buttons work when they want to sometimes double

12. burns

    June 21st, 2006 at 6:49 am

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    Great job guys…

13. clifford

    June 21st, 2006 at 6:49 am

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14. wattekinson

    June 22nd, 2006 at 1:40 pm

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    Great job guys… Thank for you work…

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    June 29th, 2006 at 5:08 pm

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    July 2nd, 2006 at 10:26 am

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    August 9th, 2006 at 2:08 am

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    August 9th, 2006 at 4:50 am

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