Comments on: After Chrome OS, how long can the Google-Apple friendship last?

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By: hopingforfailure

hopingforfailure — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:59:59 +0000

Google is beginning to become too overwhelmed with power. I mean the chrome web browser was all right. But a full-blown OS? Stupid. I used to love google but after hearing this, I can't stand the company. But it will definitely hurt apple. Google does dominate most of the web including YouTube. But for them to take a step out of their 'web based' perspective into a 'computer company' just sounds like a really dumb move. I have feeling they want to be the next Microsoft. They are light-years away from that. But who knows? They could become pretty successful. But my guess is that they will become another 'linux'

By: i hate ebay & paypal

i hate ebay & paypal — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:55:18 +0000

prediction: Between free chrome OS and Microsoft moving to cloud apps and providing MS office components for free, apple is going to have to do some major re-thinking of their pricepoints if they are going to stay in the computer industry and be more than an overpriced/expensive notebook, mp3 player and phone if they are going to be competitive in this economy.

as a longtime apple computer user who doesn't worship at the altar of apple and sees the value pricing of pcs, I'd like venturebeat to do a story on those prospects.

By: cyberfanatic

cyberfanatic — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:00:05 +0000

it's interesting to see it from a different prospective!

By: mark

mark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:31:26 +0000

Apple and Google seem to compete in the area of "free". So is that really competition?

Apple earns its revenue selling electronic devices (including extended warranty services) and peripherals, software applications (including packaged OS upgrades), and some cloud computing services (mobileme, iWork). Apple also earns revenue selling third-party electronics, software applications, and music/tv/movie content via its retail/online stores. Apple sells no ads.

Google earns its revenue primarily selling ads of all kinds, and minimally through some cloud computing services (Google Docs service to businesses). Google sells no electronic devices (no netbooks, no phones, nothing.)

In the areas of overlap, both give away their browsers for free. Google also gives away its OSes for free; Apple's OSes are intended specificaly for use on its own hardware. So only in cloud computing services do they really "compete," though most users use Google's services for free.

One could really argue that instead of competing, they are really complementing each other, like hand and glove, ostensibly for the purpose of containing Microsoft.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:51:28 +0000

G-OS wasn't google. It was a third party distro using google services. Suspect chrome OS'll be a lot better..

By: louiev

louiev — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:50:15 +0000

I think he was just trying to get his sexy on.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:48:11 +0000

It will be interesting to see if Google actually does some innovation here or whether it just becomes another Linux distribution. Google has the potential to make a Linux distribution that consumers might actually embrace. This could be exciting. If nothing else, if it challenges Microsoft's dominant position, it can't be a bad thing. I just hope this isn't another half hearted attempt.

By: what

what — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:37:01 +0000

Are you stupid or just trying to be funny?

By: omnia

omnia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:26:35 +0000

I think this is a stupid stunt from google. It will fail for sure. But it will also make some damage to Apple definitly. Apple did some mistakes and they will pay for that.

For Microsoft – they will not even feel it. They own the mighty OS planet.

By: brucecurtis

brucecurtis — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:01:52 +0000

Chrome does not necessarily exclude the other OSs. There is no reason that you can't dual or triple-boot a Mac into OSX, Win7 or ChromeOS. You can set the default to ChromeOS for quick e-mail checks or select OSX to run some heavier apps.

Plus, you can always access your Chrome/Google apps from the other two.

By: Scott Heinowski

Scott Heinowski — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:01:35 +0000

I would argue that an Apple Notebook and a Chrome netbook won't normaly be competitors. A chrome netbook v windows netbook or a low cost laptop, maybe the bottom of the line macbook. but no one going to be considering a 299 netbook v a 2299 MBP.

By: igniguy

igniguy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:56:42 +0000

Apple can take advantage of this opportunity and jump to chromeOS before the competition. It would be a marvel to have an apple engineered netbook, or an iphone running chromeOS. OSX's development platform is old, bulky and so-not-sexy

By: Brian Kung

Brian Kung — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:33:36 +0000

Agreed. Even just looking at the customers they're targeting, they're vastly different – Apple is, as always, positioned for the high end luxury users, whereas Google is targeting the low end, discount buyers.

And I highly doubt Apple will release a cheap netbook. An expensive netbook, maybe. Not a cheap one.

By: jtsdst

jtsdst — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:49:15 +0000

Follow the money trails: Google's is advertising, Apple's is hardware. Even if their trails cross or overlap, they go in radically different directions.