Chrome OS: Internet Failing At PC > PC Failing At Internet

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Article Source Ars Technica
November 20, 2009, 6:30 am

MOUNTAIN VIEW ‚Äî Unless you were hiding under a rock for most of the day yesterday, you’re aware by now that Google held a press event at which the search giant pulled back the curtain on ChromeOS, the OS that’s really a browser (and is based on the browser that’s really an OS). The search giant announced that it’s open-sourcing the OS, and described in detail much of its nature and function.

In this article, we’ll recap only a few of the highlights of the announcement, because the news has been covered exhaustively elsewhere. Our main focus here is to provide some analysis and context, and to think about what ChromeOS means.