Google Gives Sneak Preview Of Chrome OS

Menlo Park, California-headquartered Google Inc has finally launched its offensive against the biggest brother of them all: Microsoft Corporation. Google has announced that an open-source (read “free”) operating system will compete with Windows for domination in the netbook arena, come 2010.

The sourcecode for the operating system has been released to developers under the open-source license. The company is coming up with specifications for netbook manufacturers, asking them to design their product that will optimize the use of the new operating system. In all probability, netbooks with ARM and x86 processors both will be able to run Chromium.

The basic principle behind the new OS’ design is speedy boot-up. “Almost like switching on the TV and it begins working”, according to a company spokesperson. A new paradigm is likely to be unveiled once Chromium becomes available, as together with the Chrome browser, the Flash Player 10.1 and Mozilla, full internet support on multiple mobile devices will become possible.

The netbooks of the future will connect to the cloud, which means that all data will reside not in the machine but in the cloud, including personalization of the user desktop.

Read about the latest challenge being mounted against Microsoft’s hegemony in the operating system market, here.