What Chrome OS has on Windows that Linux doesn't

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 13, 2009 12:52 PM EDT
CNET; By Stephen Shankland
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Google's Chrome OS isn't the first operating system to challenge Microsoft Windows' commanding lead. But it's got an advantage that other rivals such as Linux lacked: the Web. Any new operating system must attract the developers who produce the applications to make it useful. The trouble Windows challengers have had is matching the wide spectrum of software available for Windows already.

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Wide spectrum of software? Really? phsolide 17 1,643 Jul 14, 2009 2:05 AM

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