Introducing Google Chrome OS...
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Googles words:
@unknownuser said:
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight
Sound like anything we might know?
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So< I wonder if they are going to go gung ho on it until a bunch of people get hooked on it's great capabilities and then go into arrested development
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as always it'll live or die on driver support...
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Anything new, compared to windows has many possibilities to be a better product. For me Google is more Apple-like in its software methods so it is welcome.
The only reason I find for one system to survive or not is the public knowledge and acceptation, I don't write drivers for any condemned platform. For us, the mac users, is a fact that any company who wants to get a great business will do it with our community if they do things right, if not there is a smaller portion of the PC world but for how much time? -
Very interesting. This could have been expected for a while though and yes, the big question is; will other apps be running or is this going to remain a toy for those only browsing the net and writing emails.
Also, as it seems to be Linux based, will it mean that SU will finally (and fully) support Linux?
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Im looking forward to it already! If it achieves all their goals it certainly sounds like it could provide a very good alternative to windows.
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I heard windows 7 will also be free from next year, i guess 2010 will be the year of the OS WARS
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I think one interesting question for us to discuss is:
Will there be a version of Sketchup on Chrome?Because that would mean we had a real Sketchup for linux. Yes Sketchup works/ is supposed to work (sometimes) on linux in wine...
but not yet for me
I worry that they won't do it. Google Chrome OS and Chrome browser a made for web applications. Therefore the browser can run web applications without displaying the menus etc, for example Google docs looks like a Microsoft Word window.
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I've only just seen this thread. I see the possibility of running SU, a mainstream 3d program on Linux as potentially being a tipping point that could mark the end of Microsoft's dominance.
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I read that SketchUp has already been partially ported to O3D already. I'll try to locate the article I read that in.
Here is the article. It does not say SketchUp has partially been ported - but "Google might port Sketchup and Google Earth into O3D"
http://gigaom.com/2009/05/31/will-o3d-get-google-back-into-virtual-worlds/
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What I think is a reasonable step.
As already stated in other topics, the main focus will not anymore be in geo-modeling, and currently the low engagement of Google in Sketchup and the not real cross-platform compatibility set a limit to Sketchup.But I think Sketchup will completely change its appearance in some years. Chrome OS (= a browser OS) and 3d in the browser can initiate a new 3d hype and need an efficient modeling tool - maybe in the browser. (I'm not a programer, but I worry about if javascript is efficient enough to be giant leap for mankind)
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