Google is not the only company at it… check these guys out – http://www.jolicloud.com/

Google’s plan is simple. It just wants to get rid of Microsoft and the biggest blow to MS would be if there was a company out there that could give them a run for their money on the desktop side. Admittedly, Apple has a better desktop OS but its not very affordable.

A netbook with Google OS will cost around $60 less than one with Windows on. If we use Jolicloud as an example of how applications can be installed very quickly and we don’t have to pay for anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-anything-else-you-want, then that could save you another $60. I’m sure that Google will optimise the OS to work very well with various Internet protocols to give the user a better experience as well. Re-write the TCP stack like Sun did on their Open Solaris OS and improve performance of data throughput.

End result – you save $120 on a netbook by not having to pay for the OS and security software as well as another $100 for not buying MS Office. You also end up with a machine that boots faster and performs better. You have to remember that the average computer user doesn’t know about free OS or free anti-virus software or open office, but if everything was on their netbook at the time of purchase, then they would use them as they are saving money.

Cloud computing has a few security issues at the moment but most of those should be resolved over the coming year or two. Using the netbook offline and having data stored/accessible offline is also crucial. Although downtime at Salesforce.com and Google Apps made headlines, I’m sure that people have had equal amount of downtime rebooting their PCs when Excel or IE crashed on them.

Thanks,
Roshan

Regards,
Yasir

Ce qui est quand meme cool est que la plupart des acteurs bougent vers Unix et/ou Linux (Android, Chrome OS, Palm Pre, iPhone, etc.) ce qui veut dire qu’on a gagné

Linux quoi qu’on en dise peut être extrêmement compliqué, si Googls OS simplifie à l’usage unique d’un browser comme j’ai pu lire … trop facile, même mon grand-père va s’y mettre, de plus Google à déjà tout via web2.0, chat/mail/video/document/recherche/image/…. que demander de plus.

Aujourd’hui tout le monde à un téléphone portable (comment a-t-on pu vivre avant), demain TOUT le monde aura un ordinateur, et si Google contrôle … les publicitaires vont être de généreux contributeurs.

Ce n’est pas une réel concurrence car le but final n’est surement pas le même.

En tout cas, cela pousse les autres acteurs informatiques à innover encore plus. A tous les Geeks: sortez vos claviers !