Why It's Time to Take Google's PC Operating System Seriously

wsj.com

6 points·grellas··7 comments

Can we ban paywalled sites? It is really annoying to get intrigued by a title, read a few lines and then get readblocked.

You can read WSJ articles if you arrive via a Google search. If you click on the "web" link at the top of the page, it will automatically do a Google search for you on the article's title.

TL:DR; because it's the leading computer platform in schools across the country and Google is making some moves into making Chromebooks/GoogleOS more functional without an internet connection.

Counterpoint: this is almost certainly a Google PR-placed puff piece and a journalist interested in taking a real look at Google's inroads into the OS space would examine the implications of the fact that a company whose primary business is the collection and resale of information to marketers is currently the leading platform in America's school systems.

> would examine the implications of the fact that a company whose primary business is the collection and resale of information to marketers is currently the leading platform in America's school systems.

I thought that anyone posting at HN would know how Google makes money but it seems that some of them, like you, still repeat the same FUD.

What information does Google resell?

It's time to take Chrome OS seriously if only because it's substantially more secure than desktop/mobile operating systems we use instead.

I feel like desktops are on the brink of a devops moment, manually taking care of every detail of your computer and the software on it, when we know we don't need to do that for servers, phones and tablets anymore and in many situations we benefit when the work just doesn't exist.

PAYWALL/FORCING REGISTER TO READ! Don't post shit like that.

Anecdotal. Nothing to see here.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com