Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explains why Google developes both Android and ChromeOS, if anyone wondered, and summarizes up a pretty nice theory:
Android is a bet on the past. Chrome is a bet on the future. Android is still about installing applications on a specific device. Chrome OS is designed for a future where everything is online, in the cloud.
Is he right? I suspect the answer has a lot to do with a question Apple has a lot to do with - who rules the operating system of the coming age. But more than that it has to do with another important question - is the world ready for cloud based operating systems? if not, than Android is Google's night in shiny armor for the near future, whereas ChromeOS is the visitor from the far distant one.
Is he right? I suspect the answer has a lot to do with a question Apple has a lot to do with - who rules the operating system of the coming age. But more than that it has to do with another important question - is the world ready for cloud based operating systems? if not, than Android is Google's night in shiny armor for the near future, whereas ChromeOS is the visitor from the far distant one.
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