Comments on: Google Predicts Rise of Web OS in 2011

By: The PC Galaxy Laptops

The PC Galaxy Laptops — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:07:50 +0000

Google should definately stick to what they do best !

By: tmana

tmana — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:22:53 +0000

A good place to start re: enterprise adoption would be robust full-device encryption for Android devices, plus additional (more robust) encryption options for specific files, file locations, and application outputs; also, the ability to specify policies on passwords, storage, and applications loaded/stored on the device.

Not until the access device and client are secure can enterprise be comfortable (and I use the term loosely) allowing authenticated end-users to access its internal information.

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:00:57 +0000

Just kidding Larry, you know I love you.

- Sent from my iPhone

By: SR

SR — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:36:28 +0000

You seem to be pimping for Google more often than not these days…
Google is an advertising company on the internet that excels in search and ad sell. There is a huge line of failures that are increasingly reminding one of Microsoft in the 90s.
Google’s demise or rather its eclipse is coming slightly sooner than MSFT – if MSFT held the keys to the empire for 20 years, then GOOG really has ruled only for 2 years or less..
GOOG is going to ruin its search business in its haste for domination in other areas where they clearly have no imagination or ideas.

By: Gautham

Gautham — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:51:24 +0000

Don’t you think MS-Office is an important requirement for enterprise customers–at least a large number of them? Given that the alternatives provided by Google are far behind MS-Office in terms of features at this point in time, why would enterprise users switch to Chrome OS?

By: Denkie

Denkie — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:19:27 +0000

Is this the era of the thin client that Sun Microsystems once predicted?

I always thought the purpose of Google’s OSes was to stop Microsoft from extending its desktop monopoly into mobile. In that respect, Android has succeeded spectacularly.

Like with the PC, in mobile there was always a place for a vertically integrated platform (Apple), along with a generic OS with commiditized hardware (Android).

If Microsoft was savvy, it could have taken Android’s place as the generic OS. But Microsoft blew it, and Windows Phone 7 is selling so badly I believe it is already Game-Over for Microsoft in mobile.

By: vito leoni

vito leoni — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:20:42 +0000

This has to be a sponsored post.

By: Chuckie

Chuckie — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:41:12 +0000

More hype from an advertising firm. Google would *like* everything to be on the web so it can be indexed, munged, and used to provide targeted advertising. Larry Ellison, Scott McNealy had similar ambitions for thin clients. The reality is that thin clients are good for some things and lousy for others.

There’s also this fantasy that the Internet is available everywhere all of the time that sort of gets blown apart when faced with the reality of needing to do things when the Internet is not available. At that point, you’ve got a fancy doorstop if all of your apps and data reside in the cloud. I’m not sure what part of that reality continues to elude Google, et al., but it sure seems to be good at it.

When Google, et al., pony up a ubiquitous wireless network that never goes down, I’ll be more interested in their fantasy. However, having worked in the telecom business, I’m fairly confident that it won’t happen during my lifetime.

By: Zack Frazier

Zack Frazier — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:43:39 +0000

Om,
Sadly, Gigaom has become a propaganda machine for Google.
The law does require that sponsorships be disclosed. Please clear the air.

By: dt

dt — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:29:18 +0000

change the title . web os is a mobile operating system of palm ( now HP).