One of Google's missions is to bring the world's information to everyone possible using any method possible. With that said, it's good to see that much of what Google produces in terms of product can be accessed by customers using either the Windows operating system or the Apple Mac operating system. Is this a coincidence? Hardly.
Most of what Google produces is platform-agnostic, and that's by design, of course. The platform used by Google is the web browser -- the operating system is an afterthought in a manner of speaking. Yes, there are Google applications like Google Earth and Google Picasa that are actually installed programs -- not web-based ones.
But still, most of the great stuff Google produces just needs a standards-compliant web browser (that's an oxymoron). If you use Windows XP, MacOS X, Linux, Unix, FreeBSD, you name it -- most of the Google universe is available to you with an Internet connection and a web browser.
The point made in the source article is that soon, many questions about "software" won't be mentioned as in "for Windows or Mac." Soon, it may take on the phrasing of "Windows, Mac or Google." That's an odd thought, but true. Just like the Internet itself, Google has designed and is designing everything to be universally open and accessible from almost every possible angle.
As a GOOG investor, this is a key thing to keep in mind -- the barriers to entry are almost non-existent and the product release schedule is not dictated by any third party. Google may just be the next operating "system".











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-18-2006 @ 12:40PM
Anthony said...
This is interesting, let us see what Google will bring to us!
But for webserver I am a fan of FreeBSD maybe if Google choose to mix Linux & FreeBSD then ...
Sicerely
Anthony
www.kyliptix.com
7-19-2006 @ 4:32AM
master5o1 said...
I usually use firefox...but my website has somestuff about me liking Opera (this week...dsl quota high..argh).
post: I hope that they do make a mix of FreeBSD & Linux...I have Ubuntu...and want to know what FreeBSD looks like, haven't been bothered to download it yet..but I also hope that the name isn't just "Google"..and that it's something like "GooOS" - Google Operating System..