Introducing Google Chrome the operating system

Sundar Pichai (Sunder Pichai), Vice President of Products.
Linus Upson (Linus Upson), Technical Director.

Since then, as we. launched the Google Chrome browser. , Was 9 months. Now the browser is constantly used by more than 30 million people. we developed. Google Chrome. for people who actually live on the web - looking for information, check email, watch the news, shop and just talk to your friends. However, operating systems, which are now working browsers were developed in the days when the Internet in its modern sense was not yet. So today we are announcing the launch of the operating system, Google Chrome. It would be a logical extension. Chrome browser. and an attempt to change the perception of what should be the operating system.

Google Chrome - a ... Later this year we will open its source code, netbooks running Google Chrome will be available to customers in the second half of 2010. We want to share our vision and goals, which we are trying to achieve with all this now because I have been discussing this project with the partners and will soon begin work with the community of open source- developers.

Speed, simplicity and security - these are the key benefits of the operating system Google Chrome. We want the OS was fast, ... The user interface should be minimalistic, so as not to distract the user from a network operation. As is the case with the browser, with Google Chrome OS, we had to start development from scratch, we have completely changed the security architecture of the underlying operating systems, so that users do not have to deal with viruses, malicious software and updating security settings. The system should just work.

Google Chrome the operating system will run on both processors x86, and ARM-. We work with many manufacturers, so that next year to launch several netbooks running Google Chrome. Software architecture is very simple: Google Chrome will work in the new system of windows on the Linux kernel. For application developers, the platform will be the Web. All existing web applications will work on Google Chrome OS automatically, and the new can be written using any Web technology. And, of course, these applications will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but in any standard browser OS: Windows, Mac and Linux, giving developers the largest user base across all platforms.

The operating system Google Chrome - a new project, not associated with the Android platform. Android from the very beginning was designed to run on different devices, from mobile phones to TV decoders and Netbook. Google Chrome OS is designed for people who spend most of their time on the Internet. It increases the power of a small netbook or full desktop. Despite the fact that there are areas where Android and Google Chrome OS overlap, we believe that choice will foster innovation. In the end, benefit all, and Google, including.

Customers often write to us - and we agree with them - that computers need to be improved. People want to have constant access to email, without wasting time waiting for booting the computer and browser. They want computers to work as quickly as immediately after purchase data to be accessible regardless of the location of the owner. Users should not think about the possible loss of computer or that have not done a backup of files. And most importantly - they do not have to spend time on the computer configuration for new equipment and worry about constantly updating the software. What is more convenient to work with a computer and more time users spend online, the better for Google.

We still have a lot of work, and we certainly need the assistance of developers open source, to realize the idea of ​​Google Chrome OC. We are very interested in what happens in the end, and hope you will too! .