Google PCs and Google OS?
Google is rumored to be teaming up with Walmart to sell a "Google PC" which does NOT run Microsoft Windows! More news possibly Friday when Google co-founder Larry Page keynotes at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show.
A cheap non-MS Windows box with a possibility of huge success is a clear threat to Microsoft. I'm certainly no Microsoft hater, but put bluntly, Windows is much more complex (and thereby less reliable and more subject to security problems) than 95% of everyone needs. Most users do not need Windows level of functionality -- or complexity.
If this Google PC actually happens, it can only be a good thing for consumers. I would expect 800 pound gorilla Microsoft to counter with a bare-bones Windows, and maybe buy Yahoo! as well in an attempt to defend against 800 pound gorilla Google.
I wonder if Vegas will be setting odds and taking bets? Who would you bet on, Google or Microsoft?
Thanks to SlashDot and The LA Times for the heads up.
Update: Google and Walmart deny Google PC rumors
A cheap non-MS Windows box with a possibility of huge success is a clear threat to Microsoft. I'm certainly no Microsoft hater, but put bluntly, Windows is much more complex (and thereby less reliable and more subject to security problems) than 95% of everyone needs. Most users do not need Windows level of functionality -- or complexity.
If this Google PC actually happens, it can only be a good thing for consumers. I would expect 800 pound gorilla Microsoft to counter with a bare-bones Windows, and maybe buy Yahoo! as well in an attempt to defend against 800 pound gorilla Google.
I wonder if Vegas will be setting odds and taking bets? Who would you bet on, Google or Microsoft?
Thanks to SlashDot and The LA Times for the heads up.
Update: Google and Walmart deny Google PC rumors
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Comments on "Google PCs and Google OS?"
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blogging msn said ... (Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:54:00 PM) :
post a commentour money is on google simply because microsoft has such shoddy management, although we arent pleased to see a google - walmart team as walmart is truly an evil empire as bad or worse than microsoft. we wouldnt purchase this google pc from walmart.