Gmail Creator Bashes Chrome

Gmail Creator Bashes Chrome

Google has sent review units to media outlets, and is allowing users to sign up for the pilot program, wherein they're asked to provide feedback about the device and the operating system.

InformationWeek's Thomas Claburn wrote in his review of Chrome, "Chrome OS is impressive and promising software... At the same time, Google's vision for the cloud is lacking. The cloud may be where computing is headed, but that doesn't mean users should be disempowered. For Chrome OS to actually displace Mac OS or Windows devices, Google or some other entity will have to find a way to give users control over, and ownership of, their data in the cloud."

Would Android provide for a more robust mobile computing experience? Probably. Can Chrome survive long enough to actually succeed? Possibly. I am glad a company like Google is at least willing to take the chance on such a project. Even if Chrome fails, we all will have learned something about the way we want/need to compute.