What Google needs Chrome OS?

December 8, 2010 has become a very important day for Google. Launch Chrome OS - the first fully-oriented operating system, browser and application store Chrome Web Store provoked very controversial public computer. Some say an epochal revolutionary breakthrough, others puzzled shrug. Let's try to understand what really happened.

The trend towards the replacement of conventional desktop software online services is a major trend in recent years. It all began with timid attempts of enthusiasts-singles, and now has grown into a huge industry with multi-billion turnover. One of the drivers of this process was, of course, Google, time razglyadevshy all the benefits and prospects "cloud" of the future. When Gmail was launched it was just a postal service, which is taken from the Outlook e-mail. Today Gmail has become the de facto standard, and the fate of offline mailers under a very big question.

To date, online services have reached a level where most computer problems can be solved with their help. Office suites, image editors, for processing audio and video programs, development tools, games - there is a solution for every taste. Yes, there are still some constraints in the form of insufficient spread of broadband access, but

problem is solved easy strides. Thus, the user gradually comes to the fact that all their problems it solves without leaving the browser. And since nothing other than a browser is necessary, why, in fact, generally require such a large and complex structure as the operating system?

The answer to this question was the release of Chrome OS. Strictly speaking, it is not the operating system in the usual sense, but a special programming environment adapted to run a single program - Chrome browser. More than anything superfluous. And inside the browser, and the program will run services, which can be selected in the running yesterday Chrome Web Store.

By the way, to test the application of this directory is not necessary to install Chrome OS - enough to have a computer of Google Chrome. Impressions Chrome Web Store directory leaves double. I am glad that it is literally on the second day after opening it is already filled to capacity applications. But if you try to install it, it turns out that most of them are simply links to existing services or specially correct for this case Web page. So what was the fuss?

However, not all so simple. Try applications such as Weatherbug, TweetDeck, aToDo or Quick Notes and you will see that this is not just web services in the browser, and full applications. They have a great interface, able to store data, allow you to work offline, the full use Chrome API and, of course, can only be run in the browser. It is for them the future.

To sum up, let us try to answer the question - so why Google needed its own operating system and application catalog for her? It is obvious that to win against Microsoft in the search market to Google completely inadequate. But existing realities yesterday that Google had no chance to compete with its main rival. And since the existing rules of the game are not satisfied, a strong player breaks them and create your own.

So, Google, step by step create their own, new reality. A reality in which no one needs Windows, the program runs as a service, and the data stored in the cloud. A beautiful picture is obtained - gugloservisy, guglobrauzer, guglosistema... and your data will index guglopoisk.

Are you ready for guglorealnosti?