Oh yes! It’s Google OS!!

The dust is not settled yet in the blogosphere after the ‘Google Chrome OS‘ storm. In fact, Google has made just the announcement of the web centered OS development, but people already started blogging like the operating system itself has got released. I read some posts talking about the features of Chrome OS, whether the OS supports some technology or not, etc, etc. To be frank, I was confused for a while that whether it was an announcement or an OS release. But, later it is confirmed that the news was just an announcement that Chrome OS is being developed and will be released in the 2010.

To me, there is nothing to surprise about this news. In fact, I (and the world) was expecting Google to take on Microsoft on operating system market. Because, Google has already done that in Office applications. It is Google Docs which made Microsoft to re-think their strategy on web based office applications. The success of Google made Microsoft to focus more on web based solutions (even though it couldn’t beat Google, the same way how other OSs couldn’t beat Microsoft in desktop market). Google has been mimicking the desktop applications with the online counterparts.

And for a company like Google, it is an natural tendency to acquire more web market share, because ‘web’ is where Google gets most of the revenue. Getting the web market share ultimatley means that pushing it’s Chrome browser to the masses. Pushing the web browser can’t be done in a large scale without having a operating system where Chrome browser comes pre-installed. So, here comes the Google Chrome Operating System with the bundled Chrome browser.

Are you seeing something similar, here? Yes! The same old Microsoft’s tactics to push the Internet Explorer to the masses. But with a difference. Windows wasn’t (won’t be?) open-sourced, but Chrome will be. And the advantage here is, well, the world will be working on developing/fixing/improving Chrome OS, instead of just the Google employees. As it will be open sourced, Google OS will be free which is a good thing.

And Google OS is going to be based on the Linux kernel, the chances of viruse threats will be minimal, which is a great thing. As Chrome browser has already proved it’s ability to use minimal resources and run fast, there is no doubt that Chrome OS also will repeat the history. But, I’m not an astrologer, I can’t guess how well the Google OS performance will be when it is released after one year.

But, still there are some concerns/open questions with a web centered operating system like Google Chrome OS.

• How comfortable are you to keep your confidential information in a system which is going to be mostly coupled with te un-safe web out there?
• will I be able to use the OS, even if I’m not connected to Internet?
• How well the Google OS will be received in places such as India, where the bandwidth is still a major concern.
• Do you trust Google with your information!?

Even though the secuirty measures will be there to ensure data protection in Google OS, still there may be some loop holes. And, data privacy will also be a big concern. Why go for the future !? Now itself Google is being questioned for it’s control of world’s data. With the introduction of yet another Google product to get more user’s data, I suppose data privacy may become a big issue.

It’s just the start. Lets wait and watch whether Google operating system lives up to the expectation or not. Do comment your thoughts about Google’s new Chrome OS.