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Monday, November 10, 2008

Google Rules the Computing Universe?

Google's Desktop OS

Click here to view full-size image.In case you haven't noticed, Google now has its well-funded mitts on just about every aspect of computing. From Web browsers to cell phones, soon you'll be able to spend all day in the Googleverse and never have to leave. Will Google make the jump to building its own PC operating system next?

What is it? It's everything, or so it seems. Google Checkout provides an alternative to PayPal. Street View is well on its way to taking a picture of every house on every street in the United States. And the fun is just starting: Google's early-beta Chrome browser earned a 1 percent market share in the first 24 hours of its existence. Android, Google's cell phone operating system, is hitting handsets as you read this, becoming the first credible challenger to the iPhone among sophisticated customers.

Will Google be the next Microsoft?

9 comments:

MPerry said...

There is no way google will be the next microsoft. Windows runs on over 60 percent on desktops and is too entrenched. Chrome is fast but most computers run Internet Explorer or my personal favorite Firefox on their PCs(all web browsers)

ricknash61 said...
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ricknash61 said...

Almost every time I go onto the internet I go to google, sometimes without even meaning to. Even though I don't think it will replace microsoft google is buck-sick-nasty

matt said...
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MPerry said...

google is good for search engines but otherwise is just ok in other catagories.

Ms.H. said...

Hey Derek,
What does buck-sick-nasty mean?

Larry said...

Perry, your right on how Microsoft is used for a lot of computers, but think of this. Microsoft was first started in 1975, as for Google, was started in 1998. Microsoft = 33 years and Google = 10 years. What if it was created back with Microsoft? Also, chrome is a great browser, but just like every start, it has a lot of bugs they need to fix.

MNW said...

I kinda agree with Perry but I think Google will get really close with Microsoft within the next couple of years, but as of right now its Microsoft.

peter15i said...

Google will never rule the computing universe. It might rule the search engine universe but thats about it.