Will Google Chrome OS Succeed in the Netbook Market?

picture-4-300x225Google is entering a fierce market with the Chrome OS, as netbooks are firmly in the Windows camp. By any metric it is clear that Linux on netbooks has been bumped, since consumers firmly desire Windows on the little laptops. Google has to be careful how they approach this effort with the Chrome OS, in order to counter consumer hesitation with things non-Windows.

I had a chance to give some serious thought to the things Google can do to make the Chrome OS launch on netbooks a success. I also looked at the business opportunities that the Chrome OS can provide to Google and other companies that can ride the Google train. You can check out the entire article that looks at the Chrome business case on our research site, GigaOM Pro (subscription required).

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