Google to launch internet-friendly operating system

Google will launch Google Chrome OS, an internet-friendly operating system for personal computers later this year. The new OS would be a natural extension of its Chrome web browser, Google says. Initially, this new OS will be installed on netbooks which are quite popular for their compact and economic features.

However, the PC users may use the beta version of the new software as it would be available on an open source licence. The updated, complete version is likedly to hit the market by the second half of next year, timesonline reported.

Sundar Pichai, a vice president of Google says ‘speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS’. Linus Upson, the engineering director says, “We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you on to the web in a few seconds.”

Many onlookers feel the rivarly between search engine giant and software titan got intensified by Google’s move. However, Google says it was necessary to launch an internet-friendly OS as older operating systems like Windows were designed at a time when the internet did not exist.

OS is not for just controlling the desktop, but it should help to run the internet faster, so goes the argument of google.

Google Chrome Logo

Mr Pinchai and Mr Upson says:
“The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way and most of the user experience takes place on the web,”

As broadband has become an essential part of our lives, it is natural that a broadband user would welcome such a move by Google. Netbook and PC users would use and test the new OS to find out to what extent the Google’s claims are correct. But the million dollar question would be, whether the Google could beat the MicroSoft whose products are used by more than 90 percent of PC users. Microsoft is also likely to relase Windows 7, the updated version of its OS in October.

Google’s continuous moves to challenge Microsoft has raised the eyebrows of many. After launching its web browser, Chrome, Google has made another attack on MicroSoft by launching Android, an OS for smart phones. Currently, most internet based mobiles use MicroSoft Windows Mobile OS.