Google OS or Hailstorm

re: Google OS or Hailstorm

Chris — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:18:00 GMT

So, Scoble explained why he thinks Smart Tags are evil - in their initial format and even in the Google incarnation of them. Can you expand on why you think Smart Tags *aren't* evil?

re: Google OS or Hailstorm

Ezra — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 19:54:00 GMT

My guess is that it's going to be more hailstorm-ish than anything else. If you figure that google has one of the firefox people to cover the UI aspect of this, it makes sense to have someone to cover the nuts and bolts of serving/and distributing applications. This has an OS quality to it (it could just be a distuted OS), but will probably not be as extreme as a hypervisor sitting underneath your normal client-side OS.

re: Google OS or Hailstorm

anonymous — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:29:00 GMT

My guess is gMail related although I am sure his no compete with MSFT might not allow it. He was working in the Exchange group before he left after a short stint with the Office team, specifically Access.

re: Google OS or Hailstorm

Another Chris — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:33:00 GMT

I would expect a "Google OS" to have somewhat of a similar feel to a Mac OS. Simple, yet gets the job done (most of the time). Definately going to have a gMail prog like you can download to view mail. We already know Firefox will be it's browser, possibally adding a p2p gnuetta network, and a chat program (ie. AIM), and mass online storage, kinda like Cosmopod, but better. Which will be bad for all those modem users out there, so I guess they'll stay with Windows. Just picture what you get from Linux and a Mac OS X feel with all the above mentioned and you'll more then likely get Google OS. Just my thoughts, later.

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