Google will not try to make money out of the Chrome OS operating system, its co-founder said
Is Google becoming more and more altruistic?
At the Google Chrome OS launch this morning, the search engine co-founder tried to convince the press corps attending the small gathering (just under 50 journalists and bloggers!) that Google is not trying to make money out of its upcoming operating system.
“Call us dumb businessmen. We really focus on user needs rather to strategies relative to other companies and things like that. And I think there is a real user need to be able to use computers easily. These netbooks are now $300-400… You can buy 5 to put around your house. But if you do it today there’s no way you can manage them. The overhead to manage the software will be way too high. We believe that the Web platform is a much simpler way, where the machines are essentially stateless or cache-like and still be performant. And still more easier for users to use,” explains Sergey Brin.
Chrome OS promises to be faster, more secure and easier to use than traditional operating systems like Linux (which the software is based on), Windows and even Mac OS!
However, the Google software which is readily available for download on the Chromium OS site, will not host any other “native” applications than Google’s own Chrome Web browser.
So for those, like me, with heavy photos and videos needs, Chrome OS will simply not fit the bill.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin explains it all in this video excerpt:
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