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Google says: Chrome for Christmas
Google (GOOG) is letting a few developers peek behind the curtain. The early look the company's new operating system, Chrome, is happening in true Google style: by invitation only. When it's released, which should be in time for the holidays, developers will be able to bang away at an open source solution, tapping an army of volunteers who are eager to work for bragging rights.
The open source version is called Chromium OS, which will hit the market a year before the "consumer" version is ready, which is how Google will be able to tap the wisdom of developers around the world. In a blog entry, Google explained, "This means the code is free, accessible to anyone and open for contributions." The project includes the code base, user interface experiments and some preliminary designs, all of which can be used for ongoing development efforts. To energize the potential base of contributors, Google said that "development will be done in the open from this point on."
Google's Chrome operating system already lining up hardware partners
Now that Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced a new computer operating system, which computer makers will inevitably start looking at in 2010, the first volleys have already been fired. Taiwanese PC maker Acer, Inc. has already committed to Chrome (that was fast), and the world's largest PC maker -- Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE: HPQ) -- is "looking" at Chrome as well. Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is also expressing similar sentiment.Continue reading Google's Chrome operating system already lining up hardware partners
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