Uh, Linux has been around for years...
They didn’t say Linus,...they said open source...BSD is also opensource...as is Opensolaris....
Five Questions About Google Chrome OS
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Ian Paul, PC World
Jul 8, 2009 6:23 am
The big news this morning is Google's Chrome OS: a Linux-based operating system designed specifically for getting to the Web and Web apps faster. If that sounds familiar, that's because Google's Web browser, Chrome, was built around the same idea of rendering Web pages and Web applications faster and better than traditional browsers. Those claims have since been put to the test, and the results for Chrome have so far been mixed.
So will Google Chrome OS be any better? Is it going to be a useful alternative or just another way for Google to pull more people into Google's suite of online products like Google Docs, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Reader?
There are still a lot of questions out there about this new OS, but here are the top five questions on my mind.
Is Google Chrome OS really practical for anything more powerful than a Mobile Internet Device (MID)?