What you guys think about the whole idea of Chrome OS? I am starting to see the advantage in two areas:
1) ultracheap internet devices. I would immediately pay up to $150 to have a tablet which I can switch on and instantly (7 seconds) have browser there.
2) I will see the same desktop from everywhere.
But, what will Microsoft do? My guess is that they will wait a bit to see how will it take of, and if it will gain some market share, they can easily copy the whole idea and come up with something like "Windows 8 Light", or "Windows Silverlight". They could remove some parts of Windows 7, leaving just the kernel, part of .NET, Silverlight support and IE. Then they can add some online support, and we will have Chrome OS alternative, but with a possibility to run native windows app.
Microsoft already have something close to the kernel only product you propose that they create in response to Chrome OS - Microsft Server 2008 Server Core.
I don't think that it can start in 7 seconds - and that's without having .Net, Silverlight and IE support.
1) ultracheap internet devices. I would immediately pay up to $150 to have a tablet which I can switch on and instantly (7 seconds) have browser there.
2) I will see the same desktop from everywhere.
But, what will Microsoft do? My guess is that they will wait a bit to see how will it take of, and if it will gain some market share, they can easily copy the whole idea and come up with something like "Windows 8 Light", or "Windows Silverlight". They could remove some parts of Windows 7, leaving just the kernel, part of .NET, Silverlight support and IE. Then they can add some online support, and we will have Chrome OS alternative, but with a possibility to run native windows app.