Battle of the Operating Systems ; New Applications Can Be Written Using Every Developer's Favourite Web Technologies and Will Automatically Run On Any Standards-Based Browser On the Windows Mac and Linux.

Business Today › August 06, 2009

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New applications can be written using every developer's favourite web technologies and will automatically run on any standards-based browser on the Windows Mac and Linux.

When Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, declares in his keynote at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans that the world does not need a new operating system, it's time for the user community to think! The launch of Google's Chrome Operating System, touted as the new fast lightweight OS of the future, which will use the web as its platform, has sent a wave of excitement across the industry. Is it justified?

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Battle of the Operating Systems ; New Applications Can Be Written Using Every Developer's Favourite Web Technologies and Will Automatically Run On Any Standards-Based Browser On the Windows Mac and Linux.

On the face of it, the Chrome OS is indeed a fascinating concept. A fast and lightweight design with a minimal user interface enables users to get ont...

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