Meet Chrome, Google’s Windows Killer
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Say what? A full on desktop operating system?
Please.
The audience here understands what he means, though the writing may not be clear. Chrome could eventually be positioned as a layer between applications and the OS, with an added kick of internet-integrated goodness.
Let's ignore the mistakes as long as they don't impede our ability to understand, and instead let's focus on meaningful discussion.
But the claim about being an OS did impede my understanding. I had to tease out the details from the vacuous hype to get at what the author knew, understood, and had to say on the matter. The claim was not simply a mistake; it was fawning nonsense that soured the article.
BTW, I''m unsure if lecturing people on the fine points of discussion is pedantry itself, or just something equally self-serving. But irony, if present, is always welcome.
I think that even though Arlington gets caught up a bit in what he perceives as the grand struggles between the giants, he understands a large portion of what he writes. He may not quite grasp the difference between platform and OS, but he senses some of the consequences a shift towards a google-centric computing universe would have.
That said, I'm growing a bit weary of every techcrunch article being posted on hn. I used to read it avidly when I first began working on my startup, and it provided a great deal of motivation. But looking at it now, quite a bit of it seems to be drama or hyperbole about one topic or another. Much more thought-provoking content on hn.
What is the replacement for Windows exactly that is 'killing' MS? And you fail immediately if you say 'the browser'.