Google to Microsoft: It's on

Jul 8th, 2009 - CNET

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It's not like there was much doubt that Google was taking full aim at Microsoft's empire, but the announcement of the planned Chrome OS takes that competition to a new level.

For those who missed it, Google plans to enter the operating system game in the second half of next year with a Linux-based operating system that can run on both traditional PC chips as well as the ARM-based ones popular in cell pones. The idea behind Chrome OS is to create an extremely lightweight operating system that boots directly to the browser, in which all applications run.

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